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# Test 5 · ★ · The reptile house: snakes

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«just grab it, it's red, black and yellow so it's the safe one, the rhyme says» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, it, rhyme · **What happens:** grab, be, say · **To what, where:** it, safe one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t5:1
# text = «just grab it, it's red, black and yellow so it's the safe one, the rhyme says» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the safe one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the rhyme |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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All red snakes are harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t5:o1:1
# text = All red snakes are harmless
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all red snakes |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rhyme always works, everywhere in the world, so go ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t5:o2:1
# text = The rhyme always works, everywhere in the world, so go ahead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the rhyme |  |  |  |  | always, everywhere *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | the rhyme *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never touch a wild snake; colour rhymes are not reliable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t5:o3:1
# text = Never touch a wild snake; colour rhymes are not reliable
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wild snake |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme snake=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | colour rhymes |  |  |  |  | reliable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yellow means the snake is asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t5:o4:1
# text = Yellow means the snake is asleep
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Yellow |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the snake |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | 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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