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title: Why is the touch pool rule «two fingers, gently» important? — Wild animals, zoos and kindness to ani… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the touch pool rule «two fingers, gently» important? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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 7 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

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Why is the touch pool rule «two fingers, gently» important?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** touch pool rule

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t7:1
# text = Why is the touch pool rule «two fingers, gently» important?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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The water is too cold for whole hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t7:o1:1
# text = The water is too cold for whole hands
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | for whole hands; cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The staff count fingers to see exactly who has touched each animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t7:o2:1
# text = The staff count fingers to see exactly who has touched each animal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	staff	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | the staff | fingers |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the staff *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **touch** | present · perfect |  | each animal |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Co-Theme |

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

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Sea creatures are delicate and rough hands can hurt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t7:o3:1
# text = Sea creatures are delicate and rough hands can hurt them
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sea creatures |  |  |  |  | delicate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | rough hands | creatures *= creature* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The creatures will bite a whole hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t7:o4:1
# text = The creatures will bite a whole hand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | future | the creatures | a whole hand |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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