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title: lizard ran off so i grabbed its tail, oops it came off?? — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: lizard ran off so i grabbed its tail, oops it came off?? Test 12 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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lizard ran off so i grabbed its tail, oops it came off??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lizard, i · **What happens:** run off, grab, oop, come off · **To what, where:** tail

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t12:1
# text = lizard ran off so i grabbed its tail, oops it came off??
1	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	oops	oop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	off	off	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | lizard |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | past | i | lizard's tail |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |
| 3 | **oop** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come off** | past | lizard |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Glue it back on and it will heal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t12:o1:1
# text = Glue it back on and it will heal
1	Glue	glue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **heal** | future | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many lizards drop their tail, never hold it there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t12:o2:1
# text = Many lizards drop their tail, never hold it there
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | Many lizards | lizards's tail |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **hold** | infinitive | Many lizards *not said here* | tail |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That means you killed the lizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t12:o3:1
# text = That means you killed the lizard
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | past | you | the lizard |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tails come off only on lizards that are already very sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t12:o4:1
# text = Tails come off only on lizards that are already very sick
1	Tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	already	already	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come off** | present | Tails |  |  | lizards |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on lizard=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | lizards |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

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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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