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title: «my nan says slugs are just snails that got kicked outta their shell… — Worms, snails and slugs · tree and pragmatics
description: «my nan says slugs are just snails that got kicked outta their shells» Is she right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs

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«my nan says slugs are just snails that got kicked outta their shells» Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, slugs · **What happens:** say, be, kick · **To what, where:** snails · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t5:1
# text = «my nan says slugs are just snails that got kicked outta their shells» Is she right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	slugs	slug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	snails	snail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kicked	kick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	outta	outta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
16	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | slugs | snails |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **kick** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | snails |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient shell=Result |
| 4 | **is** | present | nan |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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No, slugs are really a kind of worm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t5:o1:1
# text = No, slugs are really a kind of worm
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slugs	slug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | slugs | a kind |  |  |  | of worm | tree rules |

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

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No, slugs are a separate kind that has no outside shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t5:o2:1
# text = No, slugs are a separate kind that has no outside shell
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slugs	slug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
11	outside	outside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | slugs | a separate kind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | a separate kind | no outside shell |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, slugs find empty old shells to move into

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, slugs find empty old shells to move into
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slugs	slug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | slugs | empty old shells |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Topic |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | slugs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, a snail that loses its shell becomes a slug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, a snail that loses its shell becomes a slug
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | a snail | snail's shell |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | present | a snail | a slug |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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