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# Test 11 · ★★ · Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog…

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«sat on a mound in the woods and now my legs are on fire» What has probably happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** legs · **What happens:** sit, be, happen · **To what, where:** mound, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t11:1
# text = «sat on a mound in the woods and now my legs are on fire» What has probably happened?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | a mound |  | in the woods | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my legs |  |  | fire | now |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A snake was hiding in the mound and bit you lots of times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t11:o1:1
# text = A snake was hiding in the mound and bit you lots of times
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
11	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | a snake | lots of times |  | the mound and bit |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lot=Patient in mound=Location |

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

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Red wood ants bit and sprayed acid to defend their nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t11:o2:1
# text = Red wood ants bit and sprayed acid to defend their nest
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sprayed	spray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | past |  | ants bit |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent acid=Theme |
| 2 | **defend** | to-infinitive |  | their nest |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hornets stung you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t11:o3:1
# text = Hornets stung you
1	Hornets	hornet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past | Hornets | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mound was hot from the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches:t11:o4:1
# text = The mound was hot from the Sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mound |  |  | the Sun |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

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