Test 4 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters

kid on the beach found a seal pup on its own, wants to carry it home. what do u tell him

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, u · What happens: find, want, carry, tell · To what, where: seal pup, own, kid, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 beach	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pup	det
7	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pup	compound
8	pup	pup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 own	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 own	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 found	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wants	punct
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 found	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 carry	mark
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 carry	obj
17	home	home	ADV	_	15 carry	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 tell	obj
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 tell	aux
21	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 tell	nsubj
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 found	ccomp
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past	kid on the beach	a seal pup		kid's own		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent pup=Attribute clause=Theme
2	want	present						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive		kid			home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	u		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

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

Pick it up gently and carry it down to the sea yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pick	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carry	cc
6	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	6 carry	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obl
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it				yourself obl; gently property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	carry down	infinitive	you not said here	it		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Keep away and call a rescue group; mum may be near

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 call	cc
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
6	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	compound
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 near	punct
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 near	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 near	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 near	cop
12	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here		away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	a rescue group		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent group=Recipient
3	is	may	mum		near property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Give it some milk from the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 milk	det
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	some milk	it	the shop			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme

Option 4

Take a selfie up close with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 selfie	det
3	selfie	selfie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	up	up	ADV	_	5 close	advmod
5	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Take	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a selfie				with selfie; close property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme

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