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title: heard a guy in Arizona picked up a dead rattlesnake for a photo and… — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics
description: heard a guy in Arizona picked up a dead rattlesnake for a photo and it bit him, the head was cut off and everything Test 17 · ★★ 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; M
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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heard a guy in Arizona picked up a dead rattlesnake for a photo and it bit him, the head was cut off and everything

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Arizona, rattlesnake · **What happens:** hear, pick up, bite, cut off · **To what, where:** guy, dead rattlesnake, Arizona, head

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t17:1
# text = heard a guy in Arizona picked up a dead rattlesnake for a photo and it bit him, the head was cut off and everything
1	heard	hear	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	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rattlesnake	rattlesnake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
23	off	off	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	22	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  | a guy |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer guy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pick up** | past | Arizona | a dead rattlesnake |  |  |  | for a photo | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rattlesnake=Topic |
| 3 | **bite** | past | rattlesnake | Arizona |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **cut off** | past · passive |  | the head |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real lesson: snakes are safe once their head is off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: snakes are safe once their head is off
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
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	2	amod	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	off	off	ADV	RB	_	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | snakes |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | snakes's head |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means you should take photos from closer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t17:o2:1
# text = It means you should take photos from closer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | should | you | photos |  | closer |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent photo=Theme from close=Initial\_Location |

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

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Real lesson: even a dead-looking snake can bite by reflex, so never touch one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t17:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: even a dead-looking snake can bite by reflex, so never touch one
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	reflex	reflex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bite** | can | a looking snake |  |  |  |  | by reflex | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by reflex=Location |
| 3 | **not** **touch** | infinitive | a looking snake *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It proves only Arizona snakes are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t17:o4:1
# text = It proves only Arizona snakes are dangerous
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Arizona snakes |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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