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# Test 11 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl…

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«snake in the garden, it's probably harmless, can i pick it up» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snake, i, best answer · **What happens:** be, pick up · **To what, where:** snake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t11:1
# text = «snake in the garden, it's probably harmless, can i pick it up» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	parataxis	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	_
22	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | snake in the garden |  |  |  |  | harmless, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** *in a quote* | can | i | snake |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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, but only if it hisses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only if it hisses
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hisses	hiss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hiss** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, never touch a wild snake; leave it and tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t11:o2:1
# text = No, never touch a wild snake; leave it and tell an adult
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wild snake |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme snake=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | snake |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if you grab it by the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you grab it by the tail
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | you | it |  |  |  | by the tail | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, all garden snakes are harmless, so it is fine to hold one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, all garden snakes are harmless, so it is fine to hold one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	csubj	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all garden snakes |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | all garden snakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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