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title: «red touches yellow, that snake's harmless, I'll pick it up» What is… — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics
description: «red touches yellow, that snake's harmless, I'll pick it up» What is the best answer? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric…

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«red touches yellow, that snake's harmless, I'll pick it up» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, best answer · **What happens:** pick up, be · **To what, where:** snake

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t7:1
# text = «red touches yellow, that snake's harmless, I'll pick it up» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	touches	touch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | future | I | snake |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine, pick it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t7:o1:1
# text = Fine, pick it up
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if you are quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t7:o2:1
# text = Fine, if you are quick
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Fine, because coral snakes are harmless and only look scary to keep birds away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t7:o3:1
# text = Fine, because coral snakes are harmless and only look scary to keep birds away
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	_	5	compound	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | coral snakes |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | coral snakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | coral snakes *not said here* | birds |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Don't; harmless snakes copy coral snakes, and you cannot be sure, so leave it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t7:o4:1
# text = Don't; harmless snakes copy coral snakes, and you cannot be sure, so leave it
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	copy	copy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	_	8	compound	_	_
8	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **copy** | present | harmless snakes | coral snakes |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | can | you |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **leave** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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