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title: A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodp… — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodpile with bare hands. What is the danger? Test 4 · ★★ 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; Mov
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

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A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodpile with bare hands. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, danger · **What happens:** want, pull, be · **To what, where:** firewood, bottom

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodpile with bare hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:1
# text = A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodpile with bare hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	woodpile	woodpile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a child in Texas |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a child in Texas *not said here* | firewood |  | the bottom of the woodpile |  | with bare hands | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent firewood=Theme from bottom=Initial\_Location |

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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:* What is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:2
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A venomous spider such as a black widow may be hiding there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:o1:1
# text = A venomous spider such as a black widow may be hiding there
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | may · progressive | a venomous spider such a black widow |  |  | there |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pile might be home to fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:o2:1
# text = The pile might be home to fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | the pile |  |  |  |  | to fish; home *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wood may be too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:o3:1
# text = The wood may be too cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | the wood |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child may get some splinters, but nothing more than that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t4:o4:1
# text = The child may get some splinters, but nothing more than that
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	splinters	splinter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	parataxis	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | may | the child | some splinters |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splinter=Stimulus |

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