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title: my uncle says if u touch a fish with dry hands "it dies instantly".… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: my uncle says if u touch a fish with dry hands "it dies instantly". what's prob exaggerated Test 17 · ★ 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 the question and of each opti
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# Test 17 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my uncle says if u touch a fish with dry hands "it dies instantly". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, u, fish · **What happens:** say, touch, die, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** fish, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t17:1
# text = my uncle says if u touch a fish with dry hands "it dies instantly". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
21	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | a fish |  |  |  | with dry hands | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fish=Experiencer with hand=Instrument |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | present | fish |  |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That wet hands are better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t17:o1:1
# text = That wet hands are better
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | wet hands |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That fish have a slime coat that helps keep germs out of their skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t17:o2:1
# text = That fish have a slime coat that helps keep germs out of their skin
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that fish | a slime coat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient |
| 2 | **help** | present | a slime coat |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | a slime coat *not said here* | germs |  | fish's skin |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent germ=Theme out skin=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That fish live in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t17:o3:1
# text = That fish live in water
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dying instantly; dry hands damage the slime coat, which can make it ill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t17:o4:1
# text = Dying instantly; dry hands damage the slime coat, which can make it ill
1	Dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
2	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	damage	damage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **damage** | present | Dying dry hands | the slime coat |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | can | the slime coat | coat |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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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