Test 9 · Bears

shut up and stand still, there's a bear with cubs over there!!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bear · What happens: shut up, stand, be

This is test 9 of lesson 23 «Bears» 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stand	cc
4	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 shut	conj
5	still	still	ADV	_	4 stand	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 's	punct
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 's	expl
8	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 shut	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bear	det
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 's	nsubj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 cubs	case
12	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bear	nmod
13	over	over	ADV	_	14 there	advmod
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 's	advmod
15	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stand	infinitive	you not said here		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	be	present	a bear with cubs	there; there		vn exist-47.1 «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

Throw your sandwich to make friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sandwich	nmod:poss
3	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	your sandwich					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	friends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Back away slowly and calmly, never go between a mother and cubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Back	advmod
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Back	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calmly	cc
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Back	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Back	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cubs	cc
13	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative	you not said here					between a mother and cubs	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between mother=Location

Option 3

Run as fast as you can, you'll beat it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 fast	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 can	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 can	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fast	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 beat	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 beat	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 beat	aux
10	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beat	future	you	it					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4

Go closer to see the cubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 closer	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cubs	det
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	the cubs					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cub=Stimulus

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