Test 9 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds

«found a newt, gonna take it home to me own pond» What is right in the UK?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: find, take, be · To what, where: newt, me, UK · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Rivers, lakes and ponds» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 newt	det
4	newt	newt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 take	dep
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 found	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	7 take	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 take	obl
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pond	amod
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 UK	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 UK	det
20	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 right	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past	a newt				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newt=Topic
2	take in a quote	infinitive	newt	me		home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme pond=Destination
3	is	present			the UK	right property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Great crested newts are protected; you must not move them without a licence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 newts	amod
2	crested	crested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 newts	amod
3	newts	newt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protected	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 protected	aux:pass
5	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 move	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 move	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 move	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 move	advmod
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 protected	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 move	obj
12	without	without	ADP	_	14 licence	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 licence	det
14	licence	licence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive		Great crested newts					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	not move	must	you	newts = newt				without a licence	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

Only bad if it is winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 winter	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 winter	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 winter	cop
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bad	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	winter					tree rules

Option 3

Fine, as long as you give it a jar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 jar	det
10	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	you	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient jar=Theme

Option 4

Fine, newts like being moved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 newts	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	newts	newt	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 moved	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 moved	aux:pass
6	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 newts	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund · passive		Fine newts not said here					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»

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