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title: «don't touch the eel tank mate, it's like a socket» Why is he right? — More record-breakers and oddballs: slo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «don't touch the eel tank mate, it's like a socket» Why is he right? Test 7 of lesson 45 «More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chameleon, electric eel, giraffe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chamele…

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«don't touch the eel tank mate, it's like a socket» Why is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mate, he · **What happens:** not touch, be · **To what, where:** tank mate

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This is test 7 of lesson 45 «More record-breakers and oddballs: sloth, narwhal, chameleon, electric eel, giraffe» 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/45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t7:1
# text = «don't touch the eel tank mate, it's like a socket» Why is he right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the tank mate |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mate=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mate |  |  |  |  | like a socket | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An electric eel can give a shock of hundreds of volts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t7:o1:1
# text = An electric eel can give a shock of hundreds of volts
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	volts	volt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | can | a electric eel | a shock of hundreds of volts |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme |
| 2 | **shock** |  |  | hundreds of volts |  |  |  |  | nom shock «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eels bite with poisonous fangs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t7:o2:1
# text = Eels bite with poisonous fangs
1	Eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fangs	fang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | Eels |  |  |  |  | with poisonous fangs | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with fang=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eels can jump out of the tank and strangle you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t7:o3:1
# text = Eels can jump out of the tank and strangle you
1	Eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	strangle	strangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump out** | can | Eels | the tank |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tank=Trajectory |
| 2 | **strangle** | infinitive | Eels *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tank is full of sea water that burns your skin off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:45-sloth-narwhal-chameleon-eel-giraffe:t7:o4:1
# text = The tank is full of sea water that burns your skin off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the tank |  |  |  |  | of sea water; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn off** | present | sea water | your skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

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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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