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Test 9 · Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?

Your teacher says: «Stop burying your head in the sand about the homework!» What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher · What happens: say, stop, bury, mean · To what, where: head, sand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 151 «Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the sand?» 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: Your teacher says: «Stop burying your head in the sand about the homework!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct
6	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	burying	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 Stop	xcomp
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burying	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sand	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sand	det
12	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burying	obl
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 homework	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 homework	det
15	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sand	nmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	bury in a quote	gerund		your head		the sand about the homework			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination

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: What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	teacher						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You are ignoring a problem you need to face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 ignoring	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ignoring	aux
3	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignoring	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 face	case
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · progressive	You	a problem					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme
2	need	present	you	a problem not said here				to face	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot problem=Theme

Option 2

You are playing too much in the sandpit and should come in now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 playing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 playing	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sandpit	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sandpit	det
8	sandpit	sandpit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 much	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 come	cc
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 playing	conj
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 come	advmod
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · progressive	You	much		the sandpit			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme
2	come in	should	You not said here				now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

You are very good at hiding things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 good	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 hiding	mark
6	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 good	advcl
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					good property	tree rules
2	hide	gerund	You not said here	things					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 4

You should do your homework outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 do	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 do	aux
3	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 homework	nmod:poss
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	obj
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	3 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	You	your homework				outside property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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