--- title: «got 6 bites last night, them male mozzies are evil» What is wrong? — Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoe… · tree and pragmatics description: «got 6 bites last night, them male mozzies are evil» What is wrong? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog bites and cat scratches» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/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/) / [Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog… «got 6 bites last night, them male mozzies are evil» What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** male mozzies · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** 6 bites · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog bites and cat scratches» 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/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t1:1 # text = «got 6 bites last night, them male mozzies are evil» What is wrong? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 bites bite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 9 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 mozzies mozzy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | 6 bites | | | night | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | male mozzies | | | | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | 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} Mosquitoes do not bite at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t1:o1:1 # text = Mosquitoes do not bite at night 1 Mosquitoes mosquito NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bite** | present · do-support | Mosquitoes | | | | night | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Only female mosquitoes bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t1:o2:1 # text = Only female mosquitoes bite 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mosquitoes mosquito NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | female mosquitoes | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mosquitoes never bite people ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t1:o3:1 # text = Mosquitoes never bite people 1 Mosquitoes mosquito NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bite** | present | Mosquitoes | people | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Males bite more than females ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t1:o4:1 # text = Males bite more than females 1 Males male NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | Males | more | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | **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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