Test 3 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

«possum on the road, not moving, it's dead innit» What could really be going on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: road, dead innit · What happens: not move, be, go on · To what, where: dead innit

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» 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 possum	punct
2	possum	possum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possum	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 moving	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 moving	advmod
8	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 possum	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 innit	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 innit	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 innit	amod
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possum	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 going	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 going	aux
17	really	really	ADV	_	19 going	advmod
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 going	aux
19	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 innit	conj
20	on	on	ADP	_	19 going	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 possum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not move in a quote	gerund			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	road	dead innit	tree rules
3	go on	could · progressive	dead innit		vn function-105.2.1 «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

It is waiting for a car to give it a lift

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 waiting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 car	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 waiting	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lift	det
11	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	It					for a car	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	to-infinitive		car					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient lift=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may be playing dead because it is frightened

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	4 playing	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 playing	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 playing	aux
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 playing	xcomp
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 frightened	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 frightened	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 frightened	aux:pass
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 playing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	may · progressive	It					dead property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	frighten	present · passive		it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

It is digging a hole under the road to hide its babies

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 digging	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 digging	aux
3	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digging	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digging	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hide	mark
10	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 digging	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 babies	nmod:poss
12	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present · progressive	It	a hole		the road			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme under road=Location
2	hide	to-infinitive		road's babies					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

Option 4

It is definitely asleep for the whole winter

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	4 asleep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asleep	cop
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	4 asleep	advmod
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winter	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 winter	amod
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				winter	asleep, definitely property	tree rules

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