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title: «chopped a worm with the spade, now there's two, cool» What is right? — Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpe… · tree and pragmatics
description: «chopped a worm with the spade, now there's two, cool» What is right? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» 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 2 · ★★★ · Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food

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«chopped a worm with the spade, now there's two, cool» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two cool · **What happens:** chop, be · **To what, where:** worm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» 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/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t2:1
# text = «chopped a worm with the spade, now there's two, cool» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chopped	chop	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	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** *in a quote* | past |  | a worm |  |  |  | with the spade | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | two cool |  |  | there | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 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 {#o1}

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Worms grow back from any piece, even a tiny one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t2:o1:1
# text = Worms grow back from any piece, even a tiny one
1	Worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | present | Worms |  |  |  |  | from any piece | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from piece=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, both halves just grow into two worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, both halves just grow into two worms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | both halves |  |  |  |  | into two worms *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into worm=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It turns into a snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t2:o3:1
# text = It turns into a snake
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  |  |  | into a snake *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into snake=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Usually it dies; the tail end cannot grow a new head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t2:o4:1
# text = Usually it dies; the tail end cannot grow a new head
1	Usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | it |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **grow** | can | the tail end | a new head |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |

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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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