Test 11 · ★★ · Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them

«hedgehog fell in the pond, it'll just drown» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hedgehog · What happens: fall, drown, be · To what, where: pond

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them» 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 fell	punct
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 drown	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 drown	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 drown	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 drown	advmod
11	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 drown	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 drown	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 drown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	fall in a quote	past	hedgehog	the pond		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pond=Location
2	drown in a quote	future	hedgehog			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			right property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Hedgehogs can swim, but need a ramp or stones to climb out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swim	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	aux
3	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 need	cc
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ramp	det
8	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 stones	cc
10	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ramp	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 climb	mark
12	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 climb	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	swim	can	Hedgehogs		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	Hedgehogs not said here	a ramp or stones	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ramp=Theme
3	climb out	to-infinitive	Hedgehogs not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Hedgehogs sink like stones as soon as they touch the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sink	nsubj
2	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 stones	case
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sink	obl
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 soon	advmod
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 sink	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 touch	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touch	nsubj
9	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sink	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Hedgehogs					like stones; soon property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	touch	present	Hedgehogs = hedgehog	the water					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Co-Theme

Option 3

Hedgehogs never go near water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	Hedgehogs			water			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near water=Location

Option 4

Hedgehogs breathe underwater

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breathe	nsubj
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	underwater	underwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breathe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	Hedgehogs	underwater					vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent underwater=Theme

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