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title: «worm's got loads of legs, look, it's walking» What is really helpin… — Worms, snails and slugs · tree and pragmatics
description: «worm's got loads of legs, look, it's walking» What is really helping it grip? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs

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«worm's got loads of legs, look, it's walking» What is really helping it grip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** worm, you · **What happens:** get, look, walk, help, grip · **To what, where:** loads, worm

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t7:1
# text = «worm's got loads of legs, look, it's walking» What is really helping it grip?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	really	really	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	grip	grip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | worm | loads of legs |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | worm |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **help** | present · progressive | worm *not said here* | worm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **grip** | infinitive | worm *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tiny bristles on its rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t7:o1:1
# text = Tiny bristles on its rings
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bristles	bristle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Its long sharp teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t7:o2:1
# text = Its long sharp teeth
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sticky slime from its eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t7:o3:1
# text = Sticky slime from its eyes
1	Sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hundreds of little legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t7:o4:1
# text = Hundreds of little legs
1	Hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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