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title: «crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit». What's the truth? — Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim… · tree and pragmatics
description: «crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit». What's the truth? Test 7 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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 7 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

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«crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit». What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crabs, u, truth · **What happens:** pinch, let, go, grab, be · **To what, where:** hard innit

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This is test 7 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:1
# text = «crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pinch	pinch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** *in a quote* | present | crabs |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | u |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | u *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **grab** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | hard innit |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Crabs pinch to defend themselves, so leave them be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:o1:1
# text = Crabs pinch to defend themselves, so leave them be
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pinch	pinch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | present | Crabs |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **defend** | to-infinitive | Crabs *not said here* | Crabs *= crab* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | Crabs *not said here* | Crabs *= crab* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | infinitive | Crabs *= crab* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crabs never pinch children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:o2:1
# text = Crabs never pinch children
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	pinch	pinch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pinch** | present | Crabs | children |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Holding a crab tighter stops it pinching your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:o3:1
# text = Holding a crab tighter stops it pinching your fingers
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	pinching	pinch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | a crab |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | Holding | crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pinch** | gerund | Holding *not said here* | your fingers |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crabs only pinch on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t7:o4:1
# text = Crabs only pinch on Sundays
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	pinch	pinch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | present | Crabs |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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