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title: A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard b… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go. Why might the fish get ill later? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

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A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go. Why might the fish get ill later?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, trout, fish · **What happens:** catch, squeeze, let, go, get · **To what, where:** trout

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:1
# text = A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | a boy in Wales | a trout |  |  |  | with dry hands | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme |
| 2 | **squeeze** | present | a boy in Wales *not said here* | trout |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | gerund | a boy in Wales *not said here* | trout |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | trout *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why might the fish get ill later?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:2
# text = Why might the fish get ill later?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | might | the fish |  |  |  |  | ill, late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The cold water will be a shock after the warm air, and it will freeze

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:o1:1
# text = The cold water will be a shock after the warm air, and it will freeze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | future | the cold water | a shock |  |  | after the warm air |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | future | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its protective slime coat was rubbed off and germs can get in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:o2:1
# text = Its protective slime coat was rubbed off and germs can get in
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub off** | past · passive |  | Its protective slime coat |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **get in** | can | germs |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It ate too much bait on the hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:o3:1
# text = It ate too much bait on the hook
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | It | much bait |  | the hook |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It has been out of the water so long that it has forgotten how to swim

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t1:o4:1
# text = It has been out of the water so long that it has forgotten how to swim
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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