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Test 5 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

In an old cartoon a skunk walks around and nobody notices the smell until he is close. What is true about real skunks?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: skunk, nobody · What happens: walk around, notice, be · To what, where: old cartoon, smell

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In an old cartoon a skunk walks around and nobody notices the smell until he is close.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 cartoon	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cartoon	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cartoon	amod
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 skunk	det
6	skunk	skunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	nsubj
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	around	around	ADV	_	7 walks	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 notices	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 notices	nsubj
11	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 walks	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 smell	det
13	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 notices	obj
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 close	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 close	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 close	cop
17	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 notices	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk around	present	a skunk			a old cartoon		around property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory
2	notice	present	nobody	the smell					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
3	is	present	skunk					close 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.

Sentence 2: What is true about real skunks?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 skunks	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skunks	amod
6	skunks	skunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about real skunks; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They spray every animal they meet without any warning at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spray	nsubj
2	spray	spray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spray	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meet	nsubj
6	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animal	acl:relcl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 warning	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 warning	det
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spray	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 warning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	present	They		every animal			without any warning at all	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Destination
2	meet	present	they	every animal not said here					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They warn with stamping and a raised tail before they spray

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warn	nsubj
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 stamping	case
4	stamping	stamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tail	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tail	det
7	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tail	amod
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stamping	conj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 spray	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spray	nsubj
11	spray	spray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	They					with stamping and a raised tail	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	raise	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	spray	present	stamping						vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They spray only from their mouths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spray	nsubj
2	spray	spray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 mouths	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mouths	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouths	nmod:poss
6	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	present	They			their mouths			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They smell of perfume to attract friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smell	nsubj
2	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 perfume	case
4	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smell	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 attract	mark
6	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 smell	advcl
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attract	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	They					of perfume	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of perfume=Theme
2	attract	to-infinitive	They not said here	friends					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

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