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description: A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that." Is he right? Test 7 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 7 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

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A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that." Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Year kid, flapping, everyone, kid · **What happens:** say, flap, scare off, know, be · **To what, where:** arms, wasps, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» of the reflection 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/reflection/6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:1
# text = A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
12	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Year kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **flap** *in a quote* | gerund |  | your arms |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 3 | **scare off** *in a quote* | present | flapping | wasps |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wasp=Experiencer |
| 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone | that |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=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:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | kid |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes; wasps are always frightened of moving arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes; wasps are always frightened of moving arms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive |  | wasps |  |  |  | of moving arms; always *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, because wasps can't see arms at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:o2:1
# text = No, because wasps can't see arms at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | wasps | arms |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus |

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

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No; flapping can make a wasp feel threatened and sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:o3:1
# text = No; flapping can make a wasp feel threatened and sting
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	flapping	flapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	threatened	threatened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | flapping | a wasp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | a wasp *not said here* |  |  |  |  | threatened *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only if you scream at the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only if you scream at the same time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | you |  |  |  | time |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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