Test 3 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

«found a baby deer on its own, poor thing's been dumped, I'm taking it home» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: find, dump, take, be · To what, where: baby deer, own poor thing, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deer	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deer	compound
5	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
6	on	on	SCONJ	_	14 dumped	mark
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 thing	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 own	punct
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dumped	nsubj:pass
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dumped	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 dumped	aux:pass
14	dumped	dump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 found	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 taking	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 taking	nsubj
17	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 taking	aux
18	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 found	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 taking	obj
20	home	home	ADV	_	18 taking	advmod
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
22	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 right	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 right	cop
24	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past		a baby deer		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Topic
2	dump in a quote	present · passive		deer's own poor thing		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme
3	take in a quote	present · progressive	I	thing	home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	is	present			right 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

Chase it so it finds its mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chase	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 finds	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finds	nsubj
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Chase	advcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	imperative	you not said here	it					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	find	present	it	its mother					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Leave it; its mother hid it there on purpose and will be back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 hid	punct
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hid	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 hid	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 be	cc
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 be	aux
13	be	be	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 be	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hide	past	its mother	it	purpose; there	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient on purpose=Location
3	be back	future	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Feed it bread and leave it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	obj
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Feed	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	it					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	bread					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Take it home, wrap it in a blanket and keep it warm until it is grown

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	home	home	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wrap	punct
5	wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	parataxis
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrap	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 blanket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blanket	det
9	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrap	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 keep	cc
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrap	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keep	xcomp
14	until	until	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obl
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 grown	aux:pass
17	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	it			home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	wrap	present		it	a blanket			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in blanket=Destination
3	keep	present		blanket		until blanket	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	grow	present · passive						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»

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