Test 7 · ★★ · Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them

«my mate says hedgehogs fire their spikes at dogs» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, fire spikes, their · What happens: say, be, spike · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fire	compound
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spikes	compound
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spikes	nmod:poss
8	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dogs	case
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spikes	nmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 spikes	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spikes	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	their fire spikes at dogs	right property	tree rules
3	spike in a quote		their = they	at dogs	nom spike «event intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl

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

Yes, up to three metres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 metres	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	up	up	ADV	_	5 three	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 three	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, they cannot throw spines; they roll into a ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 throw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 throw	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 throw	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 throw	advmod
6	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	spines	spine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throw	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 roll	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 roll	nsubj
10	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 throw	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 ball	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ball	det
13	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not throw	can	they	spines					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spine=Theme
2	roll	present	spines = spine			a ball			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, they bite hard with their spines when a dog comes too close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bite	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bite	nsubj
4	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 bite	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 spines	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spines	nmod:poss
8	spines	spine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 comes	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 comes	nsubj
12	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bite	advcl
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 close	advmod
14	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 comes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	they					with their spines; hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with spine=Instrument
2	come	present	a dog					close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only at cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 cats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 cats	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 cats	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 cats	case
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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