--- title: What would happen if you stepped hard on a stingray hiding in the sa… — Record-breakers: the most venomous and… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you stepped hard on a stingray hiding in the sand? Test 7 · ★★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous What would happen if you stepped hard on a stingray hiding in the sand? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stingray · **What happens:** happen, step, hide · **To what, where:** stingray, sand This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t7:1 # text = What would happen if you stepped hard on a stingray hiding in the sand? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stingray stingray NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **step** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | a stingray | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stingray=Trajectory | | 3 | **hide** | gerund | a stingray *not said here* | | | the sand | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sand=Location | 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} It would bite you with its sharp teeth, like a shark ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t7:o1:1 # text = It would bite you with its sharp teeth, like a shark 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | would | It | you | | | | with its sharp teeth | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with tooth=Instrument | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It might stab you with its tail spine in defence ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t7:o2:1 # text = It might stab you with its tail spine in defence 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stab stab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 spine spine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stab** | might | It | you | | defence | | with its tail spine | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with spine=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t7:o3:1 # text = It would explode 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | would | It | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would chase you ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:188-record-breakers-the-most-venomous-and-poisonous:t7:o4:1 # text = It would chase you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | would | It | you | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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