Test 9 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

«stupid horse, scared of a carrier bag, what a wimp» How could a rider help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» 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	_	3 horse	punct
2	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 help	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scared	punct
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 bag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bag	det
8	carrier	carrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bag	compound
9	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wimp	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 wimp	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wimp	det
13	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 could	nsubj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 wimp	punct
15	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 could	advmod
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 help	aux
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 help	det
18	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 help	compound
19	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 help	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout at the horse every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 horse	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here				time	at the horse	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Tie the bag to its tail so it gets used to it quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bag	det
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tail	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tie	advcl
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 gets	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 used	obl
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Tie	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	the bag		to bag's tail; quickly property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bag=Patient to tail=Co-Patient
2	get	present	bag				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	use	participle	bag not said here		bag		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stay calm and let it get used to the bag slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 let	cc
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 get	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 bag	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bag	det
10	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obl
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	it		tree rules
3	get	infinitive			slowly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	use	participle			to the bag	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Hit it until it is braver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hit	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 braver	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 braver	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 braver	cop
6	braver	brave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hit	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	is	present	it					brave property	tree rules

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