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title: Why is a barbed fish hook not pulled out of a finger? — Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a barbed fish hook not pulled out of a finger? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 250 «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing» 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 3 · ★ · Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing

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Why is a barbed fish hook not pulled out of a finger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** barb, be, not pull out · **To what, where:** barbed fish, finger

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 250 «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing» 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t3:1
# text = Why is a barbed fish hook not pulled out of a finger?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	hook	hook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a barbed fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **pull out** | present · passive |  | a barbed fish |  | a finger |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The fish might want it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t3:o1:1
# text = The fish might want it back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | might | the fish | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It goes in deeper by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t3:o2:1
# text = It goes in deeper by itself
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | It |  |  |  |  | by itself *= it*; deep *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is easier to leave it forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t3:o3:1
# text = It is easier to leave it forever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The barb tears the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t3:o4:1
# text = The barb tears the skin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barb	barb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tears	tear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | present | the barb | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location skin=Theme |

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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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