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title: A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders. What is… — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics
description: A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders. What is the danger? Test 7 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tourist, danger · **What happens:** want, lift, look, be · **To what, where:** log

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:1
# text = A tourist in Sydney wants to lift a log to look for spiders.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a tourist in Sydney |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **lift** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a tourist in Sydney *not said here* | a log |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | a tourist in Sydney *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for spiders | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for spider=Theme |

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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 is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:2
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A funnel-web or other spider may bite her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:o1:1
# text = A funnel-web or other spider may bite her hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	funnel	funnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | may | a funnel web or other spider | her hand |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spiders in Australia are all harmless, so there is no danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:o2:1
# text = Spiders in Australia are all harmless, so there is no danger
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Spiders in Australia |  |  |  |  | all, harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | no danger |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Logs in Sydney are always too heavy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:o3:1
# text = Logs in Sydney are always too heavy
1	Logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Logs in Sydney |  |  |  |  | always, heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lifting a log will wake a koala

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t7:o4:1
# text = Lifting a log will wake a koala
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	koala	koala	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | a log |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme |
| 2 | **wake** | future | Lifting | a koala |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent koala=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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