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Test 7 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

Two snow leopards were picked by the computer, but they snarl at each other every day. What should the keepers do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: computer, leopards, keepers · What happens: pick, snarl, do · To what, where: Two snow leopards

This is test 7 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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: Two snow leopards were picked by the computer, but they snarl at each other every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 leopards	nummod
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leopards	compound
3	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 picked	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	aux:pass
5	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 computer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 computer	det
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 snarl	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 snarl	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 snarl	nsubj
12	snarl	snarl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 each	case
14	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	12 snarl	obl
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 each	fixed
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snarl	obl:unmarked
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past · passive	the computer	Two snow leopards					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	snarl	present	leopards = leopard				day	at each	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at each=Stimulus

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 keepers do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keepers	det
4	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	the keepers						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Stop breeding snow leopards forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	breeding	breed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leopards	compound
4	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breeding	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 breeding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	breed	gerund	you not said here	snow leopards				forever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Paint them to look like other leopards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Paint	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 look	mark
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Paint	advcl
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 leopards	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leopards	amod
7	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2	look	to-infinitive	you not said here					like other leopards	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Keep them together until they like each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	together	together	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 like	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
7	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 like	obj
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	them = they				together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	like	present	they	each					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot each=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Try another pair from the studbook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 pair	det
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Try	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 studbook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 studbook	det
6	studbook	studbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Try	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here	another pair		the studbook			vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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