Test 8 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

«found a little bird hopping on the grass with feathers, I'm taking it home to save it yeah?» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bird, I · What happens: find, hop, take, save, be · To what, where: little bird, grass, bird

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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: «found a little bird hopping on the grass with feathers, I'm taking it home to save it yeah?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bird	amod
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
6	hopping	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bird	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 grass	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grass	det
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hopping	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 feathers	case
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hopping	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 taking	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 taking	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 taking	aux
15	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 found	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 taking	obj
17	home	home	ADV	_	15 taking	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 save	mark
19	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 taking	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 save	obj
21	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	19 save	discourse
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past		a little bird			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic
2	hop in a quote	gerund	a little bird not said here		the grass	with feathers	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory
3	take in a quote	present · progressive	I	bird		home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	save in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	bird			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is probably a fledgling and its parents are nearby, so leave it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 fledgling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fledgling	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fledgling	cop
5	probably	probably	ADV	_	7 fledgling	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fledgling	det
7	fledgling	fledgling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nearby	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 nearby	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 nearby	cop
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	7 fledgling	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 leave	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 leave	advmod
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fledgling	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a fledgling	probably property	tree rules
2	is	present	fledgling's parents		nearby property	tree rules
3	leave	infinitive		fledgling		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yes, its mum will never come back for it once it has fallen out of the nest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	obl
11	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 fallen	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fallen	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fallen	aux
14	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 come	advcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	18 nest	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 nest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 nest	det
18	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come back	future	its mum					for it	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present · perfect	it			the nest			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out nest=Location

Option 3

Yes, but wash it gently in soap and warm water first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wash	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 wash	cc
4	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wash	obj
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 wash	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 soap	case
8	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soap	conj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	it		soap and warm water		first, gently property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, birds can't live on the ground at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 live	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 live	advmod
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not live	can	birds			the ground		at all	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

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