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Test 1 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/t1/) [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/) / [Big snakes: pythons, boas and anaconda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they… «mate there's a 15 metre anaconda that ate a whole canoe, saw the poster» What is the best reply? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** metre anaconda, best reply · **What happens:** be, eat, see · **To what, where:** whole canoe, poster, metre anaconda · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t1:1 # text = «mate there's a 15 metre anaconda that ate a whole canoe, saw the poster» What is the best reply? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 anaconda anaconda NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 poster poster NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 parataxis _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a metre anaconda | | | there | | mate *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | a metre anaconda | a whole canoe | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | a metre anaconda *not said here* | the poster | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poster=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | the best reply | a metre anaconda | | | | | 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} True, but only in the Everglades ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t1:o1:1 # text = True, but only in the Everglades 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Everglades Everglade PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No snake anywhere near that long has ever been measured; posters exaggerate ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t1:o2:1 # text = No snake anywhere near that long has ever been measured; posters exaggerate 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 posters poster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 exaggerate exaggerate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | present · perfect · passive | | no snake near long | | | ever | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 2 | **exaggerate** | present | posters | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} True, they eat canoes every summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t1:o3:1 # text = True, they eat canoes every summer 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 canoes canoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | they | canoes | | | summer | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is real, and 15 metres is only a small one; the big ones are twice as long ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get:t1:o4:1 # text = It is real, and 15 metres is only a small one; the big ones are twice as long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 6 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | 15 metres | a small one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the big ones | | | | | long, twice *property* | tree rules | **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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