Test 1 · The city as a habitat

a fox in the garden looks tame, can i feed it by hand

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, i · What happens: look, feed · To what, where: fox

This is test 1 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fox	nmod
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 feed	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 feed	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 feed	nsubj
11	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 looks	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 feed	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 hand	case
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a fox in the garden					tame property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	feed	can	i	fox				by hand	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, city foxes are tame pets that have got lost, so they like people

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 foxes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 foxes	compound
4	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pets	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pets	cop
6	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pets	amod
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 got	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 pets	acl:relcl
11	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 got	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 like	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 like	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 like	nsubj
15	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pets	parataxis
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	city foxes	tame pets	tree rules
2	get	present · perfect	tame pets		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	lose	participle	tame pets not said here		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	like	present	foxes = fox	people	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot people=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is a wild animal; watch it but do not feed or touch it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 animal	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 watch	punct
9	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 watch	obj
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 feed	cc
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 feed	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 feed	advmod
14	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 watch	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 touch	cc
16	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 watch	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a wild animal	tree rules
2	watch	infinitive		animal	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not feed	infinitive · do-support			vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
4	touch	infinitive		animal	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 3

Yes, if you give it chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 give	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	obj
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	you	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient chocolate=Theme

Option 4

Only if it wags its tail like a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 wags	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 wags	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wags	nsubj
4	wags	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wags	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wags	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	present	it	its tail				like a dog	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

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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