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title: "Grandad's got a wart. Bet he touched a toad!" What's the better exp… — Small creatures and creepy-crawlies · tree and pragmatics
description: "Grandad's got a wart. Bet he touched a toad!" What's the better explanation? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» of the myths 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 6 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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"Grandad's got a wart. Bet he touched a toad!" What's the better explanation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Bet, better explanation · **What happens:** get, touch, be · **To what, where:** wart, toad

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» of the myths 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/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Grandad's got a wart.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:1
# text = "Grandad's got a wart.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wart	wart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Grandad | a wart |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wart=Stimulus |

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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:* Bet he touched a toad!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:2
# text = Bet he touched a toad!"
1	Bet	bet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | Bet | a toad |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme toad=Co-Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the better explanation?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:3
# text = What's the better explanation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 better explanation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toads give warts only to grandads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:o1:1
# text = Toads give warts only to grandads
1	Toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grandads	grandad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Toads | warts | grandads |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wart=Theme to grandad=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Warts come from a human virus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:o2:1
# text = Warts come from a human virus
1	Warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Warts |  |  | a human virus |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from virus=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Warts come from cold weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:o3:1
# text = Warts come from cold weather
1	Warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Warts |  |  | cold weather |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from weather=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must have eaten a frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:t6:o4:1
# text = He must have eaten a frog
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | must · perfect | He | a frog |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Patient |

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