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title: someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds i… — Wild animals: keep away, never feed · tree and pragmatics
description: someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds in Florida are fine to swim in Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

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someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds in Florida are fine to swim in

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, ponds · **What happens:** reckon, live, be, swim · **To what, where:** alligators, swamps

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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/26-wild-animals/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t18:1
# text = someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds in Florida are fine to swim in
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alligators	alligator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	swamps	swamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	csubj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | someone | alligators |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | someone *not said here* |  |  | swamps |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in swamp=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | ponds in Florida |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, alligators avoid places with houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, alligators avoid places with houses
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	alligators	alligator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **avoid** | present | alligators | places |  |  |  | with houses | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent place=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wrong; alligators live in fresh water all over Florida, even small ponds and canals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t18:o2:1
# text = Wrong; alligators live in fresh water all over Florida, even small ponds and canals
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	alligators	alligator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	canals	canal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Wrong alligators |  |  | fresh water |  | over Florida | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, ponds are too small for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, ponds are too small for them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | ponds |  |  |  |  | for them *= they*; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, they only live in the Everglades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:26-wild-animals:t18:o4:1
# text = He is right, they only live in the Everglades
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Everglades	Everglade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | they |  |  | the Everglades |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in everglade=Location |

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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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