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title: «cut a worm with my spade, now I got 2 worms lol» What is right? — Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «cut a worm with my spade, now I got 2 worms lol» What is right? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

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«cut a worm with my spade, now I got 2 worms lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** cut, get, be · **To what, where:** worm, 2 worms · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t9:1
# text = «cut a worm with my spade, now I got 2 worms lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a worm |  |  |  | with my spade | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | 2 worms |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, at best the front half lives and regrows a tail; the back half usually dies

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t9:o1:1
# text = No, at best the front half lives and regrows a tail; the back half usually dies
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	regrows	regrow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	18	nsubj	_	_
17	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the front half |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **regrow** | present | the front half *not said here* | a tail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** | present | the back half |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and each half grows a new head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, and each half grows a new head
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | each half | a new head |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, two worms for the price of one, because each half grows whatever it is missing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, two worms for the price of one, because each half grows whatever it is missing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	nsubj	_	_
14	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | each half | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | half |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, worms split on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, worms split on purpose
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | participle |  | worms *not said here* |  | purpose |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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