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# Test 10 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die

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«a platypus kicked me and it hurts like hell, will i die» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** platypus, i · **What happens:** kick, hurt, die, be · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» 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/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t10:1
# text = «a platypus kicked me and it hurts like hell, will i die» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	platypus	platypus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** *in a quote* | past | a platypus | me |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present | platypus |  |  |  |  | like hell | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | future | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, within a minute, because platypus venom kills everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, within a minute, because platypus venom kills everyone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	platypus	platypus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | platypus venom | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, platypuses have no venom of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t10:o2:1
# text = No, platypuses have no venom of any kind
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	platypuses	platypus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | platypuses | no venom of any kind |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it is not deadly, but it can hurt for weeks, so see a doctor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t10:o3:1
# text = No, it is not deadly, but it can hurt for weeks, so see a doctor
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | it |  |  |  | week |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive |  | a doctor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, unless you drink vinegar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, unless you drink vinegar
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | you | vinegar |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vinegar=Patient |

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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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