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# Test 6 · The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils…

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«gonna bring a cane toad home as a pet for my dog to play with» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** bring, play, be · **To what, where:** cane toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» 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/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t6:1
# text = «gonna bring a cane toad home as a pet for my dog to play with» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a cane toad |  |  |  | as a pet; for my dog; home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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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No, they bite people's fingers off with their sharp teeth, so keep away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t6:o1:1
# text = No, they bite people's fingers off with their sharp teeth, so keep away
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite off** | present | they | people's fingers |  |  |  | with fingers's sharp teeth | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent finger=Patient with tooth=Instrument |
| 2 | **keep away** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, cane toads are poisonous and a dog could die from biting one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t6:o2:1
# text = No, cane toads are poisonous and a dog could die from biting one
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cane toads |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | could | a dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **bite** | gerund | a dog *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, dogs love to eat them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, dogs love to eat them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | dogs *not said here* | dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they are safe toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, they are safe toys
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | safe toys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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