--- title: Why do wild lizards usually die when children take them home? — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics description: Why do wild lizards usually die when children take them home? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/t4/) [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/) / [Litter and caring for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature Why do wild lizards usually die when children take them home? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wild lizards, children · **What happens:** do, die, take · **To what, where:** lizards This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t4:1 # text = Why do wild lizards usually die when children take them home? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 usually usually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | wild lizards *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | present | wild lizards | | | | | usually *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **take** | present | children | lizards *= lizard* | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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} They are allergic to people's hands and skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t4:o1:1 # text = They are allergic to people's hands and skin 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 allergic allergic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | to people's hands and skin; allergic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They need their wild home and food to survive ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t4:o2:1 # text = They need their wild home and food to survive 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need 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 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | They | their wild home and food | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot home=Theme | | 2 | **survive** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lizards die when they see a cage ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t4:o3:1 # text = Lizards die when they see a cage 1 Lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | Lizards | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | present | Lizards *= lizard* | a cage | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Houses are always far too cold for lizards to live in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t4:o4:1 # text = Houses are always far too cold for lizards to live in 1 Houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Houses | | | | | for lizards; cold, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live in** | to-infinitive | Houses *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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