Test 5 · ★★ · Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

«why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing» What is the most likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herd, likely reason · What happens: turn, leave, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» 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	_	7 turn	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 turn	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 herd	det
5	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	nsubj
6	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	7 turn	advmod
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 was	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leave	cc
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 turn	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 was	expl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 buzzing	advmod
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 buzzing	det
15	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 was	nsubj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 buzzing	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 reason	det
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 likely	advmod
21	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 reason	amod
22	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	turn in a quote	infinitive	the herd	suddenly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	leave in a quote	infinitive	the herd not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	past	the likely reason		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

They heard rain coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
4	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rain	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	rain					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus
2	come	gerund	rain not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They heard angry bees and warned each other with a rumble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bees	amod
4	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 warned	cc
6	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
7	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 warned	obj
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 each	fixed
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 rumble	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rumble	det
11	rumble	rumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	angry bees					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bee=Stimulus
2	warn speech: warn	past	They not said here	each				with a rumble	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient

Option 3

They heard a mouse and panicked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mouse	det
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 panicked	cc
6	panicked	panic	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	a mouse					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus
2	panic	participle	They not said here						vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They heard the farmer's radio

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 radio	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 farmer	case
6	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	the farmer's radio					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer radio=Stimulus
2	radio		the farmer						nom radio «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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