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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and h…

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«shop's got pretty painted shells for my crab, buying 'em» What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shop · **What happens:** get, paint, buy, be · **To what, where:** painted shells, 'em, best advice

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» 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/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t10:1
# text = «shop's got pretty painted shells for my crab, buying 'em» What is the best advice?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | shop | painted shells |  |  |  | for my crab | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shell=Theme for crab=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **paint** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | gerund | shop *not said here* | 'em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the best advice |  |  |  |  | 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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The paint makes crabs grow faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t10:o1:1
# text = The paint makes crabs grow faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the paint | crabs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | crabs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Crabs only move into painted shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t10:o2:1
# text = Crabs only move into painted shells
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Crabs |  |  | painted shells |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shell=Trajectory |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Painted shells keep crabs healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t10:o3:1
# text = Painted shells keep crabs healthy
1	Painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Painted shells | crabs |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Painted shells can harm crabs; offer plain empty shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t10:o4:1
# text = Painted shells can harm crabs; offer plain empty shells
1	Painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **harm** | can | Painted shells | crabs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crab=Experiencer |
| 3 | **offer** | infinitive | Painted shells *not said here* | plain empty shells |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent shell=Theme |

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