--- title: shut up, turtles got teeth, i saw one bite a lettuce. who's right? — Turtles and tortoises · tree and pragmatics description: shut up, turtles got teeth, i saw one bite a lettuce. who's right? Test 9 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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/31-turtles-and-tortoises/t9/) [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/) / [Turtles and tortoises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/) / t9 # Test 9 · Turtles and tortoises shut up, turtles got teeth, i saw one bite a lettuce. who's right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, turtles, i · **What happens:** shut up, get, see, be · **To what, where:** teeth, one bite This is test 9 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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/31-turtles-and-tortoises/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t9:1 # text = shut up, turtles got teeth, i saw one bite a lettuce. who's right? 1 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lettuce lettuce NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | turtles | teeth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | i | one bite | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Turtles have no teeth, they bite with a sharp beak ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t9:o1:1 # text = Turtles have no teeth, they bite with a sharp beak 1 Turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Turtles | no teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 2 | **bite** | present | Turtles *= turtle* | | | | | with a sharp beak | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with beak=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only the big sea turtles have real teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t9:o2:1 # text = Only the big sea turtles have real teeth 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the big sea turtles | real teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Turtles have teeth until they are ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t9:o3:1 # text = Turtles have teeth until they are ten 1 Turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Turtles | teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | Turtles *= turtle* | ten | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turtles have teeth, but only on top ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t9:o4:1 # text = Turtles have teeth, but only on top 1 Turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Turtles | teeth | | top | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | **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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