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title: It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog. Selec… — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-leg… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog. Select the appropriate course of action. Exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

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It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog. Select the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, attach, select · **To what, where:** It, tick, appropriate course

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:1
# text = It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tick	tick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **attach** | present · perfect · passive |  | a tick |  |  |  | to a domestic dog | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:2
# text = Select the appropriate course of action.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Leaving it in place indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:o1:1
# text = Leaving it in place indefinitely
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | it |  | place |  | indefinitely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in place=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Removal by crushing it hard between the fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:o2:1
# text = Removal by crushing it hard between the fingers
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	crushing	crush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | gerund | Removal *not said here* | Removal |  |  |  | between the fingers; hard *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Burning with a lit match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:o3:1
# text = Burning with a lit match
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a lit match | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with match=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Removal by an adult using a tick tool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures:e4:o4:1
# text = Removal by an adult using a tick tool
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tick	tick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | Removal by a adult *not said here* | a tick tool |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient |
| 2 | **remove** |  | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: by=agent |

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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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