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# Test 3 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die

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«picked up a pretty shell on the reef, cone shaped, nice» What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** pick up, shape, do · **To what, where:** shell, reef, cone

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t3:1
# text = «picked up a pretty shell on the reef, cone shaped, nice» What should you do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | participle |  | a shell |  | the reef |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Topic |
| 2 | **shape** *in a quote* | participle |  | cone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Put it down carefully, a live cone snail can sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t3:o1:1
# text = Put it down carefully, a live cone snail can sting
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 2 | **sting** | can | a live cone snail |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hold it to your ear to hear the sea inside it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t3:o2:1
# text = Hold it to your ear to hear the sea inside it
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | to your ear | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the sea |  | sea |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Squeeze it hard to see what is living inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t3:o3:1
# text = Squeeze it hard to see what is living inside
1	Squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **live** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Keep it in your pocket and take it home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:t3:o4:1
# text = Keep it in your pocket and take it home
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your pocket |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Location |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | pocket |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «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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