Test 10 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

Why might native peoples of the South-west have seen the roadrunner's X track as a protection sign?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: see · To what, where: native peoples

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 122 «Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 seen	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 peoples	aux
3	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 peoples	amod
4	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 seen	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 South	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 South	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 peoples	nmod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 west	punct
9	west	west	ADV	_	11 seen	advmod
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roadrunner	det
13	roadrunner	roadrunner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 track	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 roadrunner	case
15	X	x	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 track	compound
16	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seen	obj
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 sign	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sign	det
19	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sign	compound
20	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seen	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect · passive		native peoples of the South				as a protection sign; west property	tree rules

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

It frightens away coyotes

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	2 frightens	nsubj
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 frightens	advmod
4	coyotes	coyote	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 frightens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten away	present	It	coyotes				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus coyote=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You cannot tell which way the bird went

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	You	which way					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient
2	go	past	the bird	which way not said here					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 3

It shows the bird brings good luck to any family

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	nsubj
5	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	ccomp
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring	present	the bird	good luck		any family			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent luck=Theme to family=Destination

Option 4

It points to water

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	2 points	nsubj
2	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 water	mark
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	It	water					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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