Test 7 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

«bloody hell, a polar bear in town, let's go take a selfie» What should people do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bloody hell, 's, people · What happens: let, go, take, do · To what, where: 's, selfie

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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 hell	punct
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hell	amod
3	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bear	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bear	det
6	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bear	amod
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hell	appos
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bear	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hell	punct
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 let	obj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 go	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 selfie	det
16	selfie	selfie	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 take	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 take	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let in a quote	infinitive	bloody hell	's	tree rules
2	go in a quote	infinitive	's not said here		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	a selfie	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme
4	do	should	people		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

Throw it food so it stays calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 stays	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stays	nsubj
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	advcl
7	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination food=Theme
2	stay	present	food					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay away and call the bear patrol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 call	cc
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 patrol	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 patrol	compound
7	patrol	patrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the bear patrol					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patrol=Recipient

Option 3

Go close, but keep very quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 keep	cc
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 quiet	advmod
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	present	you not said here					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Stroke it gently from behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stroke	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Stroke	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 behind	case
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	1 Stroke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	imperative	you not said here	it				gently property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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