Test 10 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

«squirrel's running down the tree head first, how's it not falling» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: squirrel · What happens: run down, not fall, be · To what, where: tree head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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 running	punct
2	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 running	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 running	aux
4	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	compound
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 running	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 running	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 falling	punct
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 falling	advmod
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 falling	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 falling	nsubj
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 falling	advmod
15	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 running	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 falling	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 falling	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 running	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run down in a quote	present · progressive	squirrel	the tree head	first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Trajectory
2	not fall in a quote	present · progressive	squirrel			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
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

It is falling very slowly

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 falling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 falling	aux
3	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 falling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · progressive	It					slowly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its back ankles turn so its claws hook into the bark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ankles	nmod:poss
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ankles	compound
3	ankles	ankle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turn	nsubj
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 hook	advmod
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 claws	nmod:poss
7	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hook	nsubj
8	hook	hook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 bark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bark	det
11	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Its back ankles			the bark			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bark=Trajectory
2	hook	present	its claws						vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It has suction cups on its feet

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	suction	suction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cups	compound
4	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cups	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	suction cups		its feet			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient

Option 4

It holds on to the bark with its sharp front teeth all the way

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 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 holds	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bark	det
6	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 teeth	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 teeth	nmod:poss
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teeth	amod
10	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teeth	amod
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 holds	obl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 way	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	It	all way				to the bark; with bark's sharp front teeth	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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