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Test 5 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths

In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand. What does a real ostrich do in danger?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ostrich · What happens: panic, stick, do · To what, where: cartoon, head, sand, real ostrich

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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: In a cartoon an ostrich panics and sticks its head in the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 panics	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ostrich	det
5	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 panics	nsubj
6	panics	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sticks	cc
8	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 panics	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sticks	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 sand	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sand	det
13	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sticks	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 panics	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	panic	present	a ostrich			a cartoon			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stick	present	a ostrich not said here	ostrich's head		the sand			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination

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 does a real ostrich do in danger?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ostrich	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ostrich	amod
5	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 danger	case
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		a real ostrich					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ostrich=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Climbs into its nest and hides its head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbs	climb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hides	nsubj
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 nest	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nest	nmod:poss
4	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climbs	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hides	cc
6	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Climbs into its nest	nest's head					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Runs at up to seventy kilometres an hour or kicks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Runs	run	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kicks	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 kilometres	case
3	up	up	ADV	_	5 seventy	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 seventy	case
5	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 kilometres	nummod
6	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Runs	nmod
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kilometres	nmod:unmarked
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 kicks	cc
10	kicks	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	present	Runs at seventy kilometres a hour						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Lies on its back and plays dead forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plays	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lies	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plays	cc
6	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plays	xcomp
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 plays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	Lies on its back					dead, forever property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Buries its head deep in the sand until all the danger has passed by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buries	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 head	nmod:poss
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buries	obj
4	deep	deep	ADV	_	1 Buries	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buries	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 passed	mark
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 danger	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 danger	det
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 passed	aux
13	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Buries	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	13 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present		its head		the sand		deep property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination
2	pass by	present · perfect · passive		all danger					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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