Test 4 · ★ · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey

A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground. Why there?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sloth · What happens: stay, hide, catch · To what, where: hidden treetops, ground

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 142 «Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey» 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: A sloth stayed hidden in the treetops for months, then got caught on the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sloth	det
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 treetops	amod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 treetops	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treetops	det
7	treetops	treetop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stayed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 months	case
9	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stayed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 caught	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 caught	advmod
12	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 caught	aux:pass
13	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stayed	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 caught	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	stay	past	a sloth	the hidden treetops		month	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme treetop=Location
2	hide	participle					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	catch	past · passive	a sloth not said here		the ground	then	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

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: Why there?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 Why	expl
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

It came down to hunt mice

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hunt	mark
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	advcl
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	It					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hunt	to-infinitive		mice					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme

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

It climbs down about once a week for the toilet, and that is when it is in danger

The tree, 18 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	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 climbs	advmod
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 once	advmod
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 climbs	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 once	obl:unmarked
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 toilet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 toilet	det
10	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 when	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 when	cc
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 when	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 when	cop
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 danger	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 danger	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 danger	cop
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 danger	case
19	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	climb down	present	It		for the toilet; down, once property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	that		when property	tree rules
3	is	present	toilet	danger		tree rules

Option 3

It came down to look for a new tree to sleep in, as sloths change trees every night

The tree, 18 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	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tree	amod
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 sleep	mark
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 look	advcl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 sleep	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 change	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 change	mark
15	sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 change	nsubj
16	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
17	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 change	obj
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 night	det
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 change	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	It			down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive				for a new tree	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tree=Theme
3	sleep in	to-infinitive					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	change	present	sloths	trees	night		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient

Option 4

It fell because sloths cannot grip well

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 grip	mark
4	sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grip	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grip	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 grip	advmod
7	grip	grip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fell	advcl
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 grip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	It						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not grip	can	sloths					well property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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