Test 4 · ★ · Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders

«bird just smacked into the window and it's lying there dazed» What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: window, you · What happens: smack, lie, daze, do · To what, where: bird, window

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 216 «Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders» 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	_	2 bird	punct
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smacked	obl
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 smacked	advmod
4	smacked	smack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smacked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lying	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lying	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lying	aux
11	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 smacked	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 lying	advmod
13	dazed	daze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 lying	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 dazed	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 do	obj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 do	aux
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 do	nsubj
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 dazed	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 smacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	smack in a quote	past		bird	the window	vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into window=Location
2	lie in a quote	present · progressive	window		there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	daze in a quote	participle	window not said here			tree rules
4	do	should	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Put it in a quiet, dark box with air holes, then let it go if it recovers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 box	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 box	det
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 quiet	punct
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 holes	case
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 holes	compound
11	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 box	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 let	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 let	advmod
14	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 let	obj
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 let	xcomp
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 recovers	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 recovers	nsubj
19	recovers	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it	a quiet dark box with air holes		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in box=Destination
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	box		then	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	box not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	recover a condition, not said to happen	present	box				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Give it a warm bath and dry it with a hairdryer straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bath	det
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bath	amod
5	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dry	cc
7	dry	dry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dry	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 hairdryer	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hairdryer	det
11	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dry	obl
12	straight	straight	ADV	_	13 away	advmod
13	away	away	ADV	_	7 dry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a warm bath	it				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bath=Theme
2	dry	infinitive	you not said here	bath				with a hairdryer; away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hairdryer=Instrument

Option 3

Leave it on the lawn where the cat can reach it, it will sort itself out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 lawn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lawn	det
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 reach	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reach	aux
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reach	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sort	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sort	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sort	aux
15	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	conj
16	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 sort	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	15 sort	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	the lawn	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lawn=Location
2	reach	can	the cat	lawn		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	sort out	future	cat	cat		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme

Option 4

Shake it gently to wake it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shake	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Shake	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wake	mark
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shake	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wake	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	it				gently property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	wake up	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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