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title: «golden frog in the zoo, can i hold it? it's tiny» What should you do? — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «golden frog in the zoo, can i hold it? it's tiny» What should you do? Test 5 · ★★ 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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# Test 5 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

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«golden frog in the zoo, can i hold it? it's tiny» What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** golden frog, frog, you · **What happens:** hold, be, do · **To what, where:** zoo

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t5:1
# text = «golden frog in the zoo, can i hold it? it's tiny» What should you do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** *in a quote* | can | golden frog in the zoo | zoo |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | frog |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, tiny frogs are always safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, tiny frogs are always safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
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	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	safe	safe	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 | tiny frogs |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hold it with wet hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t5:o2:1
# text = Hold it with wet hands
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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	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 |  |  |  | with wet hands | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, lick it to check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, lick it to check
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lick	lick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Do not touch it; wild golden frogs are among the most poisonous animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t5:o4:1
# text = Do not touch it; wild golden frogs are among the most poisonous animals
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | wild golden frogs |  |  |  |  | among the poisonous animals | 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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