--- title: found a syringe in the grass near the swings — Bites, stings and things you find on t… · tree and pragmatics description: found a syringe in the grass near the swings Test 9 · ★ 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 was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Bites, stings and things you find on t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground found a syringe in the grass near the swings **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** find · **To what, where:** syringe, grass This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t9:1 # text = found a syringe in the grass near the swings 1 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 syringe syringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swings swing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | | a syringe | | the grass | | near the swings | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syringe=Topic | 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} Don't touch it, tell a grown-up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t9:o1:1 # text = Don't touch it, tell a grown-up 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 touch touch 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 , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a grown up | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kick it into the bushes so no one steps on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t9:o2:1 # text = Kick it into the bushes so no one steps on it 1 Kick kick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 steps step VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | into the bushes *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into bush=Result | | 2 | **step** | present | no one | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take it home to show mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t9:o3:1 # text = Take it home to show mum 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pick it up n bin it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:238-bites-and-things-you-find:t9:o4:1 # text = Pick it up n bin it 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 n n PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bin bin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **bin** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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. 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