--- title: «picked up a bug and now my fingers stink, gross» What was it probab… — Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehog… · tree and pragmatics description: «picked up a bug and now my fingers stink, gross» What was it probably? Test 10 of lesson 248 «Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour» 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/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/t10/) [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/) / [Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehog…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/) / t10 # Test 10 · Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour «picked up a bug and now my fingers stink, gross» What was it probably? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fingers · **What happens:** pick up, stink, be · **To what, where:** bug, gross This is test 10 of lesson 248 «Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour» 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/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour:t10:1 # text = «picked up a bug and now my fingers stink, gross» What was it probably? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stink stink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 gross gross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 conj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 17 probably probably ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | participle | | a bug | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Topic | | 2 | **stink** *in a quote* | present | my fingers | gross | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | | bug | | | | | tree rules | 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} A spider spinning a web between the leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour:t10:o1:1 # text = A spider spinning a web between the leaves 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | gerund | a spider *not said here* | a web | | | | between the leaves | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent web=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A ladybird laying eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour:t10:o2:1 # text = A ladybird laying eggs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ladybird ladybird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | gerund | a ladybird | eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} A bee making honey in its hive ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour:t10:o3:1 # text = A bee making honey in its hive 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hive hive NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | a bee *not said here* | honey | | honey's hive | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset honey=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A stink bug defending itself with smelly chemicals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour:t10:o4:1 # text = A stink bug defending itself with smelly chemicals 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stink stink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 defending defend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 smelly smelly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 chemicals chemical NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | gerund | a stink bug *not said here* | bug | | | | with smelly chemicals | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary | **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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