Test 7 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

What would happen if you stepped hard on a stingray hiding in the sand?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stingray · What happens: happen, step, hide · To what, where: stingray, sand

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 stepped	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stepped	nsubj
6	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 stepped	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 stingray	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stingray	det
10	stingray	stingray	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stepped	obl
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stingray	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sand	det
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hiding	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	step a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a stingray	hard property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stingray=Trajectory
3	hide	gerund	a stingray not said here	the sand		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sand=Location

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

It would bite you with its sharp teeth, like a shark

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 bite	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bite	aux
3	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 bite	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bite	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shark	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 shark	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shark	det
12	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bite	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	would	It	you				with its sharp teeth	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with tooth=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It might stab you with its tail spine in defence

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 stab	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stab	aux
3	stab	stab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stab	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 spine	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spine	nmod:poss
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spine	compound
8	spine	spine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stab	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 defence	case
10	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	might	It	you		defence		with its tail spine	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with spine=Instrument

Option 3

It would explode

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 explode	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 explode	aux
3	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	would	It						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It would chase you

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 chase	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	aux
3	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	would	It	you					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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