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Test 8 · Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese,…

A hiker hears a sharp whistle and sees small furry animals rush into holes. What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hiker, small furry animals · What happens: hear, see, rush, happen · To what, where: sharp whistle, holes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» 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: A hiker hears a sharp whistle and sees small furry animals rush into holes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hiker	det
2	hiker	hiker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	nsubj
3	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 whistle	det
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 whistle	amod
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sees	cc
8	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hears	conj
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 animals	amod
10	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 animals	amod
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rush	nsubj
12	rush	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sees	ccomp
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 holes	case
14	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rush	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a hiker	a sharp whistle					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whistle=Stimulus
2	see	present	a hiker not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	rush	present	small furry animals					into holes result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hole=Result

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 happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Someone was calling a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 calling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 calling	aux
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · progressive	Someone		a dog				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient

Option 2

It was time for their lunch, and the oldest marmot was calling them in

The tree, 14 words

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 time	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 time	cop
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lunch	nmod:poss
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 calling	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 calling	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marmot	det
10	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 marmot	amod
11	marmot	marmot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 calling	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 calling	aux
13	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 time	appos
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 calling	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	13 calling	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	time				for their lunch	tree rules
2	call in speech: assert	past · progressive	the oldest marmot	them = they					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 3

The marmots were playing tag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marmots	det
2	marmots	marmot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 playing	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 playing	aux
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	the marmots	tag					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A marmot spotted an eagle or fox and warned the others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 marmot	det
2	marmot	marmot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warned	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marmot	acl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eagle	det
5	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 fox	cc
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eagle	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warned	cc
9	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 others	det
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 warned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	participle		a marmot not said here	a eagle or fox				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eagle=Destination
2	warn speech: warn	past	a marmot	the others					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient

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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