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Test 5 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer. What should the keeper try?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: snake, keeper · What happens: ignore, try · To what, where: cold mouse, freezer

This is test 5 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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

Sentence 1: The snake ignores a cold mouse from the freezer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignores	nsubj
3	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mouse	det
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mouse	amod
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignores	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 freezer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 freezer	det
9	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignores	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ignores	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present	the snake	a cold mouse		the freezer			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What should the keeper try?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 try	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 try	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keeper	det
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 try	nsubj
5	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	should	the keeper						vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Shouting so the snake wakes up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wakes	csubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 snake	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
5	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 wakes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund						so the snake	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wake up	present	Shouting						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Giving the snake a fresh carrot instead, as snakes like vegetables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 snake	det
3	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 carrot	det
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carrot	amod
6	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Giving	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snakes	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 snakes	case
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Giving	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 vegetables	case
12	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 snakes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		a fresh carrot	the snake			as snakes like vegetables; instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient carrot=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Warming it, because snakes find food by smell and warmth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warming	warm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Warming	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 find	mark
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Warming	advcl
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 smell	case
9	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 warmth	cc
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	gerund		it					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	find	present	snakes	food				by smell and warmth	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

Option 4

Painting it a brighter colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	paint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Painting	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 colour	det
4	brighter	bright	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Painting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	gerund		it					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result

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