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title: Identify the distinction between venomous and poisonous animals. — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the distinction between venomous and poisonous animals. Exam question 1 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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Identify the distinction between venomous and poisonous animals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** distinction

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e1:1
# text = Identify the distinction between venomous and poisonous animals.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the distinction |  |  |  | between venomous animals | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Venomous animals inject toxin by bite or sting, whereas poisonous animals are harmful when touched or consumed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e1:o1:1
# text = Venomous animals inject toxin by bite or sting, whereas poisonous animals are harmful when touched or consumed
1	Venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	inject	inject	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	toxin	toxin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inject** | present | Venomous animals | toxin |  |  |  | by bite or sting | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toxin=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | poisonous animals |  |  |  |  | harmful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **touch** | participle | Venomous animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **consume** | participle | Venomous animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Venomous animals are invariably larger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e1:o2:1
# text = Venomous animals are invariably larger
1	Venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Venomous animals |  |  |  |  | invariably, large *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The terms are entirely synonymous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e1:o3:1
# text = The terms are entirely synonymous
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	synonymous	synonymous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the terms |  |  |  |  | entirely, synonymous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Poisonous animals inject toxin, whereas venomous animals are harmful when consumed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:e1:o4:1
# text = Poisonous animals inject toxin, whereas venomous animals are harmful when consumed
1	Poisonous	Poisonous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	inject	inject	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	toxin	toxin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inject** | present | Poisonous animals | toxin |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toxin=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | venomous animals |  |  |  |  | harmful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **consume** | participle | Poisonous animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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