Test 7 · ★ · Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory

get out of the way!! the elephant's got its ears spread and its head shaking

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elephant, ears · What happens: get out, get, spread · To what, where: way

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 22 «Elephants: families, tusks, ears and memory» 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	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 got	parataxis
2	out	out	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 way	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 get	obl
6	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 get	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 elephant	det
8	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 spread	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ears	nmod:poss
12	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spread	nsubj
13	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 shaking	cc
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 head	nmod:poss
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shaking	compound
17	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get out	infinitive		the way	tree rules
2	get	present · passive	the elephant		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	spread	past	elephant's ears		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Wave your arms and go closer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 go	cc
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wave	conj
6	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	imperative	you not said here	your arms					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

No, run straight past it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	3 run	advmod
5	past	past	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			it		straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past it=Trajectory

Option 3

Climb up onto its back and stroke it to calm it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADV	_	1 Climb	advmod
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stroke	cc
7	stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Climb	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stroke	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 calm	mark
10	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Climb	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 calm	obj
12	down	down	ADP	_	10 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	climb up	imperative	you not said here		its back	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto back=Trajectory
2	stroke	infinitive	you not said here	back		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	calm down	to-infinitive	you not said here	back		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, back away slowly to a safe distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 away	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	back	back	ADV	_	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 away	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 distance	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 distance	det
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 distance	amod
9	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 away	obl

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

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