Test 7 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths
«get away from that goose, it's hissing at ya!» Why is it hissing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, goose · What happens: get away, hiss · To what, where: ya
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «get away from that goose, it's hissing at ya!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 get | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 goose | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 goose | det |
| 6 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hissing | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hissing | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hissing | aux |
| 10 | hissing | hiss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 get | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 ya | case |
| 12 | ya | ya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hissing | obl |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away in a quote | imperative | you not said here | from that goose; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from goose=Source | ||||
| 2 | hiss in a quote | present · progressive | goose | ya | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ya=Location |
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: Why is it hissing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 hissing | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hissing | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hissing | nsubj |
| 4 | hissing | hiss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 hissing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hiss | present · progressive | goose | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is defending its nest
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 defending | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 defending | aux |
| 3 | defending | defend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 nest | nmod:poss |
| 5 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defend | present · progressive | It | its nest | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Beneficiary |
Option 2
It is laughing at the way you walk
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 laughing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 laughing | aux |
| 3 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughing | obl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 way | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · progressive | It | the way | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | walk | present | you | the way not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory |
Option 3
It is cold and wants to get warm
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 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cold | cop |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wants | cc |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cold | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | warm property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It wants to be stroked on the neck
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stroked | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stroked | aux:pass |
| 5 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 neck | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 neck | det |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stroked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | It | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stroke not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | on the neck | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: on neck=Theme |
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