Test 12 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

«parrot's eyes going small, feathers puffed and beak open at my mate» What should the mate do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eyes, mate · What happens: go, puff, do

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» 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	_	9 puffed	punct
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 parrot	case
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 puffed	nsubj
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 eyes	acl
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 feathers	punct
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eyes	conj
9	puffed	puff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 open	cc
11	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 open	compound
12	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puffed	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 mate	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mate	nmod:poss
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 open	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 open	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mate	det
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 puffed	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 puffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	gerund	parrot's eyes and feathers not said here	small property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	puff in a quote	past	parrot's eyes and feathers	open property	tree rules
3	do	should	the mate		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 · ← Mova's choice

Shout so it calms down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 calms	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calms	nsubj
4	calms	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 calms	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	calm down	present	it						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Back off, these are warning signs before a bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	2 off	advmod
2	off	off	ADV	_	7 signs	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 off	punct
4	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 signs	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 signs	cop
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signs	compound
7	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 bite	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bite	det
10	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	these	warning signs			before a bite	off property	tree rules

Option 3

Grab the parrot quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parrot	det
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Grab	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the parrot				quickly property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme

Option 4

Put a finger right up to its beak so it can smell you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 finger	det
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	up	up	ADP	_	8 beak	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 up	fixed
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 beak	nmod:poss
8	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 smell	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 smell	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 smell	aux
12	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 smell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a finger				up finger's beak; right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent finger=Goal
2	smell	can	finger	you					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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