--- title: Ruby says touching frogs and toads is totally fine. right? — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby says touching frogs and toads is totally fine. right? Test 16 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Chickens, goats and little creatures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures Ruby says touching frogs and toads is totally fine. right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, touching · **What happens:** say, touch, be · **To what, where:** frogs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t16:1 # text = Ruby says touching frogs and toads is totally fine. right? 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 touching touch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 4 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 totally totally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 11 right right ADV RB _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **touch** | gerund | | frogs and toads | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme frog=Co-Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | touching | | | | | fine, totally *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, unless they are big ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, unless they are big 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they are tiny so they cannot hurt anyone at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, they are tiny so they cannot hurt anyone at all 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | tiny *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hurt** | can | they | anyone | | all | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, wash your hands, some have poison or germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t16:o3:1 # text = No, wash your hands, some have poison or germs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **have** | present | some | poison or germs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they are always clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, they are always clean 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | always, clean *property* | tree rules | **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. 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