Test 8 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water. «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: raccoon · What happens: sit, rub, wash, be · To what, where: crayfish, water, dinner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 raccoon	det
2	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stream	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stream	det
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl
7	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sits	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crayfish	det
9	crayfish	crayfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rubbing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 animal	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 animal	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 animal	amod
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 animal	compound
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crayfish	appos
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 lobster	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lobster	det
17	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 lobster	amod
18	lobster	lobster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 animal	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 water	punct
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 water	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 water	det
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rubbing	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	a raccoon					by a stream	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stream=Location
2	rub	gerund	a raccoon not said here	a crayfish		the water			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crayfish=Theme in water=Destination

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: «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 washing	punct
2	aww	aww	INTJ	_	5 washing	discourse
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 washing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 washing	aux
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 right	csubj
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dinner	nmod:poss
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washing	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 washing	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 right	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash in a quote	present · progressive	raccoon	raccoon's dinner					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient
2	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is feeling the food, since wet paws are more sensitive

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 feeling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feeling	aux
3	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 food	det
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feeling	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sensitive	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 sensitive	mark
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paws	amod
9	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sensitive	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sensitive	cop
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 sensitive	advmod
12	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present · progressive	It	the food					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	is	present	wet paws					sensitive property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it is washing off the dirt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 washing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 washing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 washing	aux
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 dirt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dirt	det
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash off	present · progressive	it	the dirt					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Patient

Option 3

It is trying to bring the crayfish back to life

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 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crayfish	det
7	crayfish	crayfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	It						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bring back not said to happen	to-infinitive		the crayfish		life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crayfish=Theme to life=Destination

Option 4

It is cooling the food down in the cold water before it eats

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 cooling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cooling	aux
3	cooling	cool	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 food	det
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooling	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	3 cooling	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooling	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 eats	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eats	nsubj
13	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cooling	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool down	present · progressive	It	the food		the cold water			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	eat	present	food						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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