Test 7 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

«crap, a deer just stood there in my lights and wouldn't move, thick animal» Why did it freeze?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crap, animal, my · What happens: stand, not move, freeze, light · To what, where: lights, thick animal

This is test 7 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 crap	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stood	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 deer	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deer	det
5	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crap	conj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 stood	advmod
7	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stood	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lights	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lights	nmod:poss
11	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stood	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 move	cc
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 move	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 move	advmod
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stood	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 animal	punct
17	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 animal	amod
18	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 move	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 animal	punct
20	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	23 freeze	advmod
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 freeze	aux
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 freeze	nsubj
23	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 move	advcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stand in a quote	past	crap and a deer		my lights; there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in light=Location
2	not move in a quote	would	crap and a deer not said here	thick animal		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme animal=Result
3	freeze	past · do-support	animal			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	light in a quote		my			nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The bright light dazzled it, and freezing is its first answer to danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dazzled	nsubj
4	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dazzled	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 answer	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 answer	cc
8	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 answer	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 answer	cop
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 answer	nmod:poss
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 answer	amod
12	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dazzled	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 danger	case
14	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 answer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past	the bright light	it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	is a	present	freezing	freezing's first answer				to danger	tree rules

Option 2

Deer are too stupid to understand that a car is coming, so they just stand there

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stupid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stupid	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 stupid	advmod
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 understand	mark
6	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stupid	advcl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 coming	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coming	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 coming	aux
11	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 understand	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stand	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 stand	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stand	nsubj
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 stand	advmod
16	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stupid	advcl
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Deer		stupid property	tree rules
2	understand	to-infinitive	Deer not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	come	present · progressive	a car			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stand	present	Deer	there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It wanted to fight the car

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fight	mark
4	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	It						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	fight not said to happen	to-infinitive		the car					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Co-Agent

Option 4

It was asleep standing up

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 asleep	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asleep	advcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 standing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					asleep property	tree rules
2	stand up	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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