Test 1 · The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and d…

«gonna give that kangaroo some of my crisps» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, do · To what, where: kangaroo

This is test 1 of lesson 103 «The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and dingoes» 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	_	3 give	punct
2	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	3 give	dep
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 kangaroo	det
5	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 give	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 crisps	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 crisps	nmod:poss
9	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 some	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 do	obj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 give	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	imperative	you not said here	that kangaroo					tree rules
2	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Fine, kangaroos love salty snacks like crisps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kangaroos	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 snacks	amod
6	snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 crisps	case
8	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 snacks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Fine kangaroos	salty snacks				like crisps	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snack=Stimulus

Option 2

Fine, if you hold the bag still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hold	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj
8	still	still	ADV	_	1 Fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	you	the bag					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 3

Throw them, so it doesn't bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bite	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 bite	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bite	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bite	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 bite	advmod
8	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	not bite	present · do-support	it						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't; stay on the path and let it be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 path	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stay	imperative · do-support	you not said here		the path	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on path=Location
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	path		tree rules
3	be	infinitive	path not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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