Test 7 · ★★ · Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus

«saw a platypus at the creek, gonna grab it» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best answer · What happens: see, grab, be · To what, where: platypus, creek · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» 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 saw	punct
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 platypus	det
4	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 creek	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 creek	det
7	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grab	punct
9	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	10 grab	dep
10	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grab	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 grab	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 saw	parataxis
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 What	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 answer	amod
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 What	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	see in a quote	past		a platypus	the creek	tree rules
2	grab in a quote	infinitive		platypus		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	is a	present	the best answer			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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't: males have a venomous spur that hurts a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
4	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spur	det
7	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spur	amod
8	spur	spur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hurts	nsubj
10	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spur	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lot	det
12	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	males	a venomous spur	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spur=Patient
3	hurt	present	a venomous spur	a lot	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Patient

Option 2

Fine, if you hold it by the bill

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hold	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 bill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bill	det
9	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obl

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Fine, it only bites under water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bites	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bites	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 bites	advmod
5	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bites	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	it			water			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location

Option 4

Fine, platypuses are gentle and tame, and they never hurt anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 platypuses	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	platypuses	platypus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gentle	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gentle	cop
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tame	cc
7	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gentle	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hurt	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hurt	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hurt	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 hurt	advmod
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gentle	parataxis
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine platypuses		gentle property	tree rules
2	be		Fine platypuses not said here			tree rules
3	not hurt	past	platypuses = platypus	anyone		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient

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