Test 7 · ★★ · The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea iguanas, Darwin's finc…

«sea lion on the bench, go on, give him a cuddle» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea lion, you · What happens: go on, give, do · To what, where: cuddle, lion

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 180 «The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea iguanas, Darwin's finches and tame sea lions» 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	_	3 lion	punct
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lion	compound
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 bench	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bench	det
6	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lion	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lion	punct
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 give	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cuddle	det
14	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 cuddle	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	14 cuddle	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	go on in a quote	infinitive	sea lion on the bench			vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give in a quote	infinitive	sea lion on the bench not said here	a cuddle	lion	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cuddle=Theme
3	do	should	you	a cuddle		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

Sit on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here					on him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location

Option 2

Throw him a sandwich and take a quick selfie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sandwich	det
4	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 take	cc
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 selfie	det
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 selfie	amod
9	selfie	selfie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	a sandwich	him = he				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination sandwich=Theme
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	a quick selfie					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme

Option 3

Hug him gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hug	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Hug	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	him = he				gently property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay two metres away and leave him alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 metres	nummod
3	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 away	obl:unmarked
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 leave	cc
6	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leave	obj
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	him = he				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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