--- title: «why glow a scorpion with a lamp, scorpion disco?» — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics description: «why glow a scorpion with a lamp, scorpion disco?» Test 11 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Record-breakers: the most venomous and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous «why glow a scorpion with a lamp, scorpion disco?» **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** glow · **To what, where:** scorpion This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t11:1 # text = «why glow a scorpion with a lamp, scorpion disco?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 glow glow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 scorpion scorpion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 scorpion scorpion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 disco disco NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a scorpion | | | | with a lamp and scorpion disco | tree rules | 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} To change their colour forever, so that they look prettier ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t11:o1:1 # text = To change their colour forever, so that they look prettier 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | to-infinitive | | their colour | | | | forever *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | | 2 | **look** | present | they | | | | | pretty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} To warm them up ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t11:o2:1 # text = To warm them up 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 warm warm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warm up** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Scientists use UV lamps to find scorpions at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t11:o3:1 # text = Scientists use UV lamps to find scorpions at night 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 UV ultra-violet NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 scorpions scorpion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Scientists | UV lamps | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Scientists *not said here* | scorpions | | | night | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scorpion=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} To make them dance ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t11:o4:1 # text = To make them dance 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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