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Test 7 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound. What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sonic, real hedgehog, you · What happens: run, do, put · To what, where: hedgehog, racetrack

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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: Sonic the hedgehog runs faster than sound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sonic	Sonic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 runs	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hedgehog	det
3	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 runs	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 sound	case
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faster	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Sonic					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

Sentence 2: What would a real hedgehog do if you put it on a racetrack?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hedgehog	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hedgehog	amod
5	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 put	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 put	nsubj
9	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 racetrack	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 racetrack	det
13	racetrack	racetrack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a real hedgehog						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	put a condition, not said to happen	present	you	hedgehog		a racetrack			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on racetrack=Destination

The options

Option 1

Dig straight down into the tarmac and hide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	3 down	advmod
3	down	down	ADV	_	1 Dig	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 tarmac	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tarmac	det
6	tarmac	tarmac	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dig	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hide	cc
8	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dig	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	imperative	you not said here					into the tarmac; down property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent into tarmac=Patient
2	hide	present	you not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Walk or trot slowly, maybe curl into a ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 trot	cc
3	trot	trot	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 trot	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 curl	punct
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	7 curl	advmod
7	curl	curl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 ball	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ball	det
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 curl	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	trot	infinitive	you not said here					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	curl	infinitive	you not said here			a ball		maybe property	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination

Option 3

Fly over the track

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 track	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 track	det
4	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	imperative	you not said here			the track			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over track=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Run faster than a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Run	advmod
3	than	than	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					than a horse; fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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