--- title: snake looks dead, can i touch it — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics description: snake looks dead, can i touch it Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/t11/) [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/) / [Snakes, spiders and scorpions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions snake looks dead, can i touch it **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snake, i · **What happens:** look, touch · **To what, where:** snake This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t11:1 # text = snake looks dead, can i touch it 1 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | snake | | | | | dead *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **touch** | can | i | snake | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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} Yes, by the tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, by the tail 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it can still bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t11:o2:1 # text = No, it can still bite 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | can | it | | | | still | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, dead snakes are safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, dead snakes are safe 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | dead snakes | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, with a glove ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, with a glove 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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