Test 11 · The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and rei…

What would happen if a wolf pack met a circle of musk oxen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf pack · What happens: happen, meet · To what, where: circle

This is test 11 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 met	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pack	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pack	compound
7	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 met	nsubj
8	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 circle	det
10	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 met	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 oxen	case
12	musk	musk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 oxen	compound
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 circle	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	meet a condition, not said to happen	past	a wolf pack	a circle of musk oxen					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Co-Agent

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 musk oxen would run away in all directions and leave the calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oxen	det
2	musk	musk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oxen	compound
3	oxen	oxen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 directions	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 directions	det
9	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 run	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leave	cc
11	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 calves	det
13	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	would	the musk oxen			all directions		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory
2	leave	present	the musk oxen not said here	the calves					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme

Option 2

The musk oxen would climb trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oxen	det
2	musk	musk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oxen	compound
3	oxen	oxen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climb	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 climb	aux
5	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	would	the musk oxen	trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The wolves would face horns, with the calves safe inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 face	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 face	aux
4	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 face	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 calves	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 calves	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 calves	det
9	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 horns	conj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 face	xcomp
11	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 face	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	would	the wolves	horns and the calves				inside, safe property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horn=Destination

Option 4

The calves would run out to fight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calves	det
2	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 run	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fight	mark
7	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	would	the calves					out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fight	to-infinitive	the calves not said here						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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