Test 7 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

Sam saw a hedgehog wandering about in January in the snow. What is likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, hedgehog · What happens: see, wonder, be · To what, where: hedgehog, snow

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» 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: Sam saw a hedgehog wandering about in January in the snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hedgehog	det
4	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hedgehog	acl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 January	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 January	case
8	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wandering	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 snow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wandering	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Sam	a hedgehog					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hedgehog=Stimulus
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	a hedgehog not said here			the snow	january		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 is likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 likely	cop
3	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						likely property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It has woken from hibernation and is in trouble, so tell an adult or rescue group

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 woken	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	aux
3	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 hibernation	case
5	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woken	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 trouble	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 trouble	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 woken	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 tell	advmod
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 woken	parataxis
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 group	cc
16	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 group	compound
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	wake	present · perfect · passive	It		hibernation	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	is	present			trouble	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a adult or rescue group		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

It is migrating south for the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 migrating	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 migrating	aux
3	migrating	migrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	south	south	ADV	_	3 migrating	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 migrating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate	present · progressive	It				winter	south property	tree rules

Option 3

It is looking for flowers to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 flowers	case
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 looking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	It					for flowers	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for flower=Theme
2	eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Hedgehogs always go for walks in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 walks	case
5	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Hedgehogs				winter	for walks; always property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary

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