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title: «pick him up by the ears like the magician did» What is right? — Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «pick him up by the ears like the magician did» What is right? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

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«pick him up by the ears like the magician did» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ears · **What happens:** pick up, do, be · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t7:1
# text = «pick him up by the ears like the magician did» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the ears like the magician |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only for small rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only for small rabbits
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Never, lift him with one hand under the chest and one under the bottom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t7:o2:1
# text = Never, lift him with one hand under the chest and one under the bottom
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lift** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the chest |  | with one hand; under the bottom | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme under chest=Destination under bottom=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, ears are handles, and that is why rabbits have such long ones

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, ears are handles, and that is why rabbits have such long ones
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	handles	handle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ears | handles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | rabbits | such long ones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, pick him up by the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:t7:o4:1
# text = No, pick him up by the tail
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | by the tail | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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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