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description: In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up. What would you correct? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop…

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In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up. What would you correct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** glow worm, wiggly worm, you · **What happens:** be, light up, correct · **To what, where:** wiggly worm, game

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:1
# text = In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wiggly	wiggly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a glow worm | a wiggly worm |  | a game |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **light up** | present | a wiggly worm |  |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you correct?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:2
# text = What would you correct?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	correct	correct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is a snake that glows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:o1:1
# text = It is a snake that glows
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a snake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | present | a snake |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only male glow-worms glow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:o2:1
# text = Only male glow-worms glow
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 | **glow** | present | male glow worms |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A glow-worm is a beetle, and the glowing one is the wingless female

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:o3:1
# text = A glow-worm is a beetle, and the glowing one is the wingless female
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	wingless	wingless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a glow worm | a beetle and the wingless female |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the glowing one | the wingless female |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a worm that lights up with electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t9:o4:1
# text = It is a worm that lights up with electricity
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a worm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **light up** | present | a worm |  |  |  |  | with electricity | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with electricity=Material |

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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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