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description: A girl in Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm. What should she do? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

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A girl in Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** go, do · **To what, where:** farm

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» of the everyday 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/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:1
# text = A girl in Brisbane goes to the outdoor toilet at her grandparents' farm.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a girl in Brisbane |  |  | girl's grandparents's farm |  | to the outdoor toilet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial\_Location |

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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 should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Turn off the light so spiders cannot see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:o1:1
# text = Turn off the light so spiders cannot see
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the light |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can | spiders |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Check under the seat for spiders first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:o2:1
# text = Check under the seat for spiders first
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the seat |  | for spiders; first *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent under seat=Location for spider=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sit down quickly so the spiders run away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:o3:1
# text = Sit down quickly so the spiders run away
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run away** | present | the spiders |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, spiders never come near toilets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing, spiders never come near toilets
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | present | Nothing | toilets |  |  |  | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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