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title: mate picked up a snake on the trail to show off and it bit him, what… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: mate picked up a snake on the trail to show off and it bit him, what now Test 14 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 14 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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mate picked up a snake on the trail to show off and it bit him, what now

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snake · **What happens:** pick up, show off, bite · **To what, where:** snake, trail, him

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This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t14:1
# text = mate picked up a snake on the trail to show off and it bit him, what now
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | participle |  | a snake |  | the trail |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bite** | past | snake | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Catch the snake to see if it bit hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t14:o1:1
# text = Catch the snake to see if it bit hard
1	Catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the snake |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bite** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | snake |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell him to walk it off on the way home, it'll wear off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t14:o2:1
# text = Tell him to walk it off on the way home, it'll wear off
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **walk off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  | the way |  | home *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |
| 3 | **wear off** | future | way |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Keep him still and calm and call the emergency number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t14:o3:1
# text = Keep him still and calm and call the emergency number
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calm	calm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **calm** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the emergency number |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put ice on it and go on with the hike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t14:o4:1
# text = Put ice on it and go on with the hike
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hike	hike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | ice |  | ice |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme on it=Destination |
| 2 | **go on** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the hike | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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