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description: In The Jungle Book Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What would you fix? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The reptile house: snakes

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In The Jungle Book Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kaa, you · **What happens:** hypnotis, spin, fix · **To what, where:** Mowgli, Jungle Book

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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/87-reptile-house-snakes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Jungle Book Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:1
# text = In The Jungle Book Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hypnotises	hypnotis	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotis** | present | Kaa | Mowgli |  | the Jungle Book |  | with spinning eyes | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:2
# text = What would you fix?
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	fix	fix	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 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Snakes cannot hypnotise; they have no eyelids, so they stare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:o1:1
# text = Snakes cannot hypnotise; they have no eyelids, so they stare
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stare	stare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hypnotise** | can | Snakes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Snakes *= snake* | no eyelids |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Patient |
| 3 | **stare** | present | Snakes *= snake* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only cobras can hypnotise people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:o2:1
# text = Only cobras can hypnotise people
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cobras	cobra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotise** | can | cobras | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Right, all pythons hypnotise their prey with their eyes before they strike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:o3:1
# text = Right, all pythons hypnotise their prey with their eyes before they strike
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	pythons	python	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	strike	strike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotise** | present | all pythons | pythons's prey |  |  |  | with pythons's eyes | tree rules |
| 2 | **strike** | present | pythons *= python* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snakes close their eyes to hypnotise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t1:o4:1
# text = Snakes close their eyes to hypnotise
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | Snakes | Snakes's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **hypnotise** | to-infinitive | Snakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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