Test 11 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

«keep him in the little hutch on his own, saves money» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: keep, save, be · To what, where: him, little hutch, money · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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 keep	punct
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hutch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hutch	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hutch	amod
7	hutch	hutch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saves	punct
12	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	conj
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saves	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	imperative	you not said here	him = he	the little hutch	on his own	tree rules
2	save in a quote	present	you not said here	money			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	is	present				right property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Rabbits like to be alone in small hutches where nobody can bother them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 alone	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 alone	cop
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 like	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hutches	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hutches	amod
8	hutches	hutch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 bother	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 bother	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 bother	aux
12	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hutches	acl:relcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bother	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	like	present	Rabbits		small hutches		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	to-infinitive	Rabbits not said here			alone property	tree rules
3	bother	can	nobody	Rabbits = rabbit			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Rabbits need much more space and a rabbit friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	much	much	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 space	amod
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 friend	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friend	det
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 friend	compound
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 space	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Rabbits	more space and a rabbit friend					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme

Option 3

It is fine if he gets carrots

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 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 gets	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	get a condition, not said to happen	present	he	carrots					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carrot=Stimulus

Option 4

Rabbits sleep all the time anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	nsubj
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleep	obl:unmarked
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Rabbits				time	anyway property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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