--- title: Why is it unkind to stamp on beetles for fun? — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it unkind to stamp on beetles for fun? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures Why is it unkind to stamp on beetles for fun? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, stamp This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t8:1 # text = Why is it unkind to stamp on beetles for fun? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stamp stamp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stamp** | to-infinitive | | | | | | on beetles; for fun | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Stamping makes your shoes smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t8:o1:1 # text = Stamping makes your shoes smell 1 Stamping stamp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 smell smell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stamp** | gerund | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | your shoes | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smell** | present | your shoes *not said here* | | | | | | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Every small creature has a job in nature and can be hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t8:o2:1 # text = Every small creature has a job in nature and can be hurt 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | every small creature | a job | | nature | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient | | 2 | **hurt** | can · passive | every small creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Beetles will come back later to bite you in your sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t8:o3:1 # text = Beetles will come back later to bite you in your sleep 1 Beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | future | Beetles | | | | | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | Beetles *not said here* | you | | your sleep | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Patient in sleep=Location | | 3 | **sleep** | | your | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Beetles are protected only on Sundays ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t8:o4:1 # text = Beetles are protected only on Sundays 1 Beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present · passive | | Beetles | | | sunday | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | **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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