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title: my cousin says a girl sat on an ant hill in Texas and "got stung 500… — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a girl sat on an ant hill in Texas and "got stung 500 times, her whole body went red". what's prob exaggerated Test 17 · ★★ 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 tr
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

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my cousin says a girl sat on an ant hill in Texas and "got stung 500 times, her whole body went red". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, girl, whole body · **What happens:** say, sit, get, go, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** ant hill, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t17:1
# text = my cousin says a girl sat on an ant hill in Texas and "got stung 500 times, her whole body went red". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	stung	stung	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
24	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
27	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
30	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** | past | a girl |  |  | a ant hill |  | in Texas | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  | time | stung *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | past | girl's whole body |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That fire ants sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t17:o1:1
# text = That fire ants sting
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sting	sting	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | fire ants |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That stings can hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t17:o2:1
# text = That stings can hurt
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | that stings |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The exact number; still, fire ants sting many times, so keep away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t17:o3:1
# text = The exact number; still, fire ants sting many times, so keep away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sting	sting	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | fire ants |  |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep away** | infinitive | fire ants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That big ant hills exist in Texas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t17:o4:1
# text = That big ant hills exist in Texas
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | ant hills |  |  | Texas |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in texas=Location |

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