--- title: wanna touch the cactus, looks soft — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics description: wanna touch the cactus, looks soft Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants… wanna touch the cactus, looks soft **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** touch, look · **To what, where:** cactus This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t12:1 # text = wanna touch the cactus, looks soft 1 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 2 dep _ _ 2 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cactus cactus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cactus | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cactus=Co-Theme | | 2 | **look** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | soft *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Don't, the spines go in and are hard to get out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t12:o1:1 # text = Don't, the spines go in and are hard to get out 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go in** | present | the spines | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | the spines *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get out** | to-infinitive | the spines *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only touch the flower part ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t12:o2:1 # text = Only touch the flower part 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the flower part | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme part=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fine, if you touch it quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t12:o3:1 # text = Fine, if you touch it quickly 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | present | you | it | | | | quickly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fine, cactus spines are soft like fur on that kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t12:o4:1 # text = Fine, cactus spines are soft like fur on that kind 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cactus cactus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Fine cactus spines | | | that kind | | like fur; soft *property* | tree rules | **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. 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