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title: «touched a nettle, ffs it hurts, am i gonna die» What is right? — Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging… · tree and pragmatics
description: «touched a nettle, ffs it hurts, am i gonna die» What is right? Test 3 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» 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.
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# Test 3 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…

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«touched a nettle, ffs it hurts, am i gonna die» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, i · **What happens:** touch, hurt, die, be · **To what, where:** nettle, ffs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» 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/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:t3:1
# text = «touched a nettle, ffs it hurts, am i gonna die» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ffs	ff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** *in a quote* | past |  | a nettle and ffs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present | it | ffs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ff=Patient |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **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 {#o1}

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Yes, unless you drink a big glass of cold milk at once, straight away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless you drink a big glass of cold milk at once, straight away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | you | a big glass of cold milk |  |  |  | away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, but the leg will stay red for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:t3:o2:1
# text = No, but the leg will stay red for ever
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | the leg |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, the sting hurts and itches but wears off by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:t3:o3:1
# text = No, the sting hurts and itches but wears off by itself
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	itches	itch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | the sting |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **itch** | present | the sting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **wear off** | present | the sting *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by sting | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, nettle stings are deadly within an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, nettle stings are deadly within an hour
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | nettle stings |  |  |  | hour | deadly *property* | tree rules |

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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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