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title: In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite. Why should you… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite. Why should you not copy this? Test 3 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite. Why should you not copy this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, you · **What happens:** suck, not copy · **To what, where:** venom, TV film, this

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:1
# text = In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | present | someone | venom |  | a TV film |  | out a snake bite | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Theme out bite=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why should you not copy this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:2
# text = Why should you not copy this?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **copy** | should | you | this |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It works, but only in films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:o1:1
# text = It works, but only in films
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | in films | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in film=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only works on small snakes with little venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:o2:1
# text = It only works on small snakes with little venom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | on small snakes with little venom | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on snake=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It does not work and causes harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:o3:1
# text = It does not work and causes harm
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | present |  | harm |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It only works if you spit fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t3:o4:1
# text = It only works if you spit fast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spit	spit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spit** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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