--- title: theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics description: theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/t11/) [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/) / [Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Queensland This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t11:1 # text = theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland 1 theres there NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 !! !! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Queensland Queensland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | we | | | Queensland | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Poke it so it slithers away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t11:o1:1 # text = Poke it so it slithers away 1 Poke poke 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 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 slithers slither VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **slither away** | present | it | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go closer to see what kind it is ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t11:o2:1 # text = Go closer to see what kind it is 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | kind | what kind | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Keep away, keep pets in, call an adult or snake catcher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t11:o3:1 # text = Keep away, keep pets in, call an adult or snake catcher 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 catcher catcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep in** | infinitive | you *not said here* | pets | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme | | 3 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult or snake catcher | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Catch it with a stick and throw it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t11:o4:1 # text = Catch it with a stick and throw it 1 Catch catch 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 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with a stick | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | stick | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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