--- title: why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics description: why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway Test 15 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snakes · **What happens:** bite · **To what, where:** most ppl This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t15:1 # text = why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 ppl people NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present · passive · do-support | snakes | most ppl | | | | anyway *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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} Snakes chase anyone who walks past them on a path ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t15:o1:1 # text = Snakes chase anyone who walks past them on a path 1 Snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 past past ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present | Snakes | anyone | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | present | | | | a path | | past Snakes *= snake* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They try to grab, kill or move the snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t15:o2:1 # text = They try to grab, kill or move the snake 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present | They | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grab** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **move** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the snake | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme snake=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Snakes hunt people on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t15:o3:1 # text = Snakes hunt people on purpose 1 Snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hunt hunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | present | Snakes | people | | purpose | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme on purpose=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snakes bite whenever they get hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t15:o4:1 # text = Snakes bite whenever they get hungry 1 Snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | Snakes | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | present | Snakes *= snake* | | | | | hungry, whenever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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