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title: just held the bearded dragon, can i grab a snack now — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: just held the bearded dragon, can i grab a snack now Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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just held the bearded dragon, can i grab a snack now

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** hold, grab · **To what, where:** bearded dragon, snack

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t11:1
# text = just held the bearded dragon, can i grab a snack now
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bearded	bearded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past |  | the bearded dragon |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | can | i | a snack |  |  | now |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only wash your hands if it bit you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t11:o1:1
# text = Only wash your hands if it bit you
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **bite** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, reptiles carry no germs at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, reptiles carry no germs at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | reptiles | no germs |  | all |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, just wipe your hands on your top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, just wipe your hands on your top
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  | your top |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on top=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wash your hands with soap first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t11:o4:1
# text = Wash your hands with soap first
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  | with soap; first *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with soap=Instrument |

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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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