Test 3 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die

«picked up a pretty shell on the reef, cone shaped, nice» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: pick up, shape, do · To what, where: shell, reef, cone

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» 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 picked	punct
2	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 picked	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shell	det
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	6 shell	advmod
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 reef	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reef	det
9	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shell	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cone	punct
11	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reef	appos
12	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 cone	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nice	punct
14	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shaped	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 shaped	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 do	obj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 do	aux
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 do	nsubj
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 shaped	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pick up in a quote	participle		a shell	the reef	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Topic
2	shape in a quote	participle		cone not said here		tree rules
3	do	should	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Put it down carefully, a live cone snail can sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Put	compound:prt
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sting	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snail	det
7	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snail	amod
8	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 snail	compound
9	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sting	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 sting	aux
11	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down	imperative	you not said here	it				carefully property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2	sting	can	a live cone snail						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Hold it to your ear to hear the sea inside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ear	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hear	mark
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obj
10	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it				to your ear	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hear	to-infinitive	you not said here	the sea		sea			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus

Option 3

Squeeze it hard to see what is living inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Squeeze	obj
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Squeeze	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 living	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 living	aux
8	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 see	ccomp
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	8 living	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	squeeze	imperative	you not said here	it	hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	live	present · progressive			inside property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it in your pocket and take it home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pocket	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pocket	nmod:poss
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	7 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		your pocket			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Location
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	pocket				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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