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title: A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants». Wha… — Bites, stings and things you find on t… · tree and pragmatics
description: A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants». What should you do? Test 6 · ★ 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 choice w
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# Test 6 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

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A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants». What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** park sign, you · **What happens:** say, not remove, do · **To what, where:** rocks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:1
# text = A park sign in New Zealand says «Do not remove rocks or plants».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a park sign in New Zealand |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **remove** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | rocks or plants |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=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 should you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:2
# text = What should you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|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 | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Take them if they are for a school project about rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:o1:1
# text = Take them if they are for a school project about rocks
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  |  |  | for a school project; about rocks | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take them, as long as nobody is watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:o2:1
# text = Take them, as long as nobody is watching
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | present · progressive | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

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Leave the stones there and take a photo instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:o3:1
# text = Leave the stones there and take a photo instead
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stones |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a photo |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Take just one big rock, because one does not count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t6:o4:1
# text = Take just one big rock, because one does not count
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | one big rock |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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