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title: sis says cut a worm in half n u get 2 worms. cool right — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics
description: sis says cut a worm in half n u get 2 worms. cool right Test 12 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

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sis says cut a worm in half n u get 2 worms. cool right

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** cut, get · **To what, where:** sis, half, n

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t12:1
# text = sis says cut a worm in half n u get 2 worms. cool right
1	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obl	_	_
8	n	n	X	FW	_	10	obl	_	_
9	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
14	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present · passive |  | sis |  | half |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary worm=Product |
| 2 | **get** | present | u | n |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus |

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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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Yes, it makes two smaller worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, it makes two smaller worms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | two smaller worms |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material worm=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only big worms do that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only big worms do that
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | big worms | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, each half grows into a whole worm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, each half grows into a whole worm
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | each half |  |  |  |  | into a whole worm *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into worm=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, usually only one part survives, if any

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t12:o4:1
# text = No, usually only one part survives, if any
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	survives	survive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | present | one part |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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