Test 8 · ★ · Kindness to wild animals
«bat in the house!! grab it with a towel and chuck it out?» What is safest?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: grab, chuck out, be · To what, where: house
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 226 «Kindness to wild animals» 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: «bat in the house!! grab it with a towel and chuck it out?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 bat | punct |
| 2 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bat | nmod |
| 6 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 7 grab | punct |
| 7 | grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 bat | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 grab | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 towel | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 towel | det |
| 11 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grab | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 chuck | cc |
| 13 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 grab | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 chuck | obj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 chuck | compound:prt |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 bat | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 bat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab in a quote | infinitive | house | with a towel | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | chuck out in a quote | infinitive | house | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.
Sentence 2: What is safest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 safest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safest | cop |
| 3 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 safest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hit it with a broom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hit | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 broom | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 broom | det |
| 5 | broom | broom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | it | with a broom | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with broom=Instrument |
Option 2
Grab it in your hands and throw it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grab | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 hands | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hands | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Grab | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 throw | cc |
| 7 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grab | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 throw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | it | your hands | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | throw | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Open the windows, turn off the lights and let it fly out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 windows | det |
| 3 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Open | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 turn | punct |
| 5 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Open | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 turn | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lights | det |
| 8 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turn | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 let | cc |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Open | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 let | xcomp |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 fly | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the windows | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | ||||
| 2 | turn off | infinitive | you not said here | the lights | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient | ||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fly out | infinitive | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Put all the lights on so that it can see the door and fly out
The tree, 15 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 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 lights | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lights | det |
| 4 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 see | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Put | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 door | det |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 see | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fly | cc |
| 14 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 see | conj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 fly | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | imperative | you not said here | all lights | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent light=Goal | ||||
| 2 | see | can | it | the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | fly out | infinitive | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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