Test 8 · ★★ · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

«shut that pig up, it's screaming like mad just cos I lifted it» Why so loud?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pig, I · What happens: shut up, scream, lift · To what, where: pig

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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 shut	punct
2	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 pig	det
4	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shut	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 shut	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 screaming	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 screaming	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 screaming	aux
9	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shut	advcl
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 mad	case
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 screaming	obl
12	just	just	ADV	_	15 lifted	advmod
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 lifted	mark
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 lifted	nsubj
15	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 screaming	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lifted	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct
18	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 shut	advmod
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 loud	advmod
20	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shut	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	imperative	you not said here	that pig		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient
2	scream speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	pig		like mad	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lift in a quote	past	I	pig		vn put_direction-9.4 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pigs scream every time they eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scream	nsubj
2	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scream	obl:unmarked
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	Pigs				time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present	Pigs = pig	every time not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is frightened and calling for help, as prey animals do

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 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calling	cc
5	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 frightened	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calling	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 do	mark
10	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 animals	compound
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive		It		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	call	gerund			for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
3	do	present	prey animals			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is singing loudly because it is happy to be picked up and cuddled

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 singing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 singing	aux
3	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 singing	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 happy	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happy	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 singing	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 picked	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 picked	aux:pass
11	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 happy	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 picked	compound:prt
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cuddled	cc
14	cuddled	cuddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 happy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present · progressive	It	loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it	happy property	tree rules
3	pick up	to-infinitive · passive			vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»
4	cuddle	participle			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is trying to sound like a dog

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 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sound	mark
5	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	It						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sound not said to happen	to-infinitive						like a dog	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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