Test 5 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before going into the tiger's den?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: keeper · What happens: happen, forget, not check, go · To what, where: slide door, den

This is test 5 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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	_	7 forgot	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 keeper	det
6	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgot	nsubj
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 check	mark
9	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 forgot	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 door	compound
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 check	obj
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 going	mark
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 check	advcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	19 den	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tiger	det
17	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 den	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 tiger	case
19	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 going	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget a condition, not said to happen	past	a keeper			tree rules
3	not check	to-infinitive	a keeper not said here	the slide door		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
4	go	gerund	a keeper not said here		the tiger's den	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into den=Initial_Location

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 tiger would just want to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 want	advmod
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	would	the tiger						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	the tiger not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The tiger would run away scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 run	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	would	the tiger					away, scared property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, because zoo tigers are as tame as cats and never attack keepers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tame	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 tame	mark
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tigers	compound
5	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tame	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tame	cop
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 tame	advmod
8	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 cats	case
10	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tame	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 attack	cc
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 attack	advmod
13	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tame	conj
14	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 attack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	zoo tigers					as cats; tame property	tree rules
2	not attack	infinitive	zoo tigers not said here	keepers					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keeper=Patient

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

The keeper could be badly hurt, which is why there are two-step checks

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeper	det
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 hurt	aux:pass
5	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 hurt	advmod
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 why	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 why	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 why	cop
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hurt	conj
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 are	expl
12	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 why	ccomp
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 step	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 two	punct
15	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 checks	compound
16	checks	check	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hurt	could · passive		the keeper		badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	present				why property	tree rules
3	does	present	step checks		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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