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# Test 10 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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«zoo poison frogs aren't poisonous? sounds fake» Why might that be true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** poison frogs, poisonous, that · **What happens:** not be, sound, be

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t10:1
# text = «zoo poison frogs aren't poisonous? sounds fake» Why might that be true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
9	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | poison frogs |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | poisonous |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | might | that |  |  |  |  | true *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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Zoo keepers wash them every day, and the soap takes all the poison off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t10:o1:1
# text = Zoo keepers wash them every day, and the soap takes all the poison off
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | Zoo keepers | them *= they* |  |  | day |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **take off** | present | the soap | all poison |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Theme |

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

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Wild ones get their poison from insects, which zoo frogs do not eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t10:o2:1
# text = Wild ones get their poison from insects, which zoo frogs do not eat
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Wild ones | their poison |  |  |  | from insects | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent poison=Theme from insect=Source |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | zoo frogs | insects *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zoo frogs are plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t10:o3:1
# text = Zoo frogs are plastic
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	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 | Zoo frogs |  |  |  |  | plastic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Zoo frogs are always babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t10:o4:1
# text = Zoo frogs are always babies
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	babies	baby	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 | Zoo frogs | babies |  |  |  | always *property* | 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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