Test 9 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

«crap, the beardie's waving one arm at me, is it angry» What is it most likely saying?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: beardie, crap · What happens: wave, be · To what, where: one arm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 146 «Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothing breathes fire» 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	15 angry	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 waving	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beardie	det
5	beardie	beardie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waving	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 waving	aux
7	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 crap	acl
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 arm	nummod
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waving	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 waving	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 crap	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 angry	cop
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 angry	nsubj
15	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 angry	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 saying	obj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 saying	cop
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 saying	nsubj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 saying	advmod
21	likely	likely	ADV	_	22 saying	advmod
22	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 angry	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wave in a quote	present · progressive	the beardie	one arm	at beardie	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	crap		angry property	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present	beardie		likely, say 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is waving goodbye before running

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 waving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 waving	aux
3	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waving	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 running	mark
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 waving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present · progressive	It	goodbye					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It wants to shake hands like a person

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 shake	mark
4	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shake	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	shake not said to happen	to-infinitive		hands				like a person	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

It is about to attack whoever is near

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 about	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attack	mark
5	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 near	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 near	cop
8	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attack	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	about property	tree rules
2	attack	to-infinitive			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	whoever	near property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is signalling that it gives in

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 signalling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 signalling	aux
3	signalling	signall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 gives	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 signalling	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signall	present · progressive	It						tree rules
2	give in	present	it						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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