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description: Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake. What should Noah do? Test 4 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake. What should Noah do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rattlesnake, Noah · **What happens:** bite, do · **To what, where:** dad, ankle

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:1
# text = Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rattlesnake	rattlesnake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present · passive | a rattlesnake | Noah's dad in Texas |  | the ankle |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient on ankle=Location |

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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 Noah do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:2
# text = What should Noah do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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 | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tie a shoelace tightly round his leg above the bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:o1:1
# text = Tie a shoelace tightly round his leg above the bite
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shoelace	shoelace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | a shoelace |  |  |  | round his leg above the bite; tightly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoelace=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Suck the venom out of the bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:o2:1
# text = Suck the venom out of the bite
1	Suck	suck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | imperative | you *not said here* | the venom |  | the bite |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Theme out bite=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Call 911 and help his dad stay calm and still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:o3:1
# text = Call 911 and help his dad stay calm and still
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	911	911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | 911 |  |  | still |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his dad |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | his dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make his dad walk fast to the car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t4:o4:1
# text = Make his dad walk fast to the car
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **walk** | present | his dad |  |  | the car |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to car=Destination |

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