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Test 2 · Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour

In a cartoon a skunk lifts its tail and everyone faints at once. What does a real skunk do first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: skunk, everyone · What happens: lift, faint, do · To what, where: tail, cartoon, real skunk

This is test 2 of lesson 248 «Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour» 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 a cartoon a skunk lifts its tail and everyone faints at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifts	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 skunk	det
5	skunk	skunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifts	nsubj
6	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifts	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 faints	cc
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 faints	nsubj
11	faints	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lifts	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 faints	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lifts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	a skunk	skunk's tail		a cartoon			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	faint	present	everyone						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at once=Stimulus

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 does a real skunk do first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 skunk	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skunk	amod
5	skunk	skunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	parataxis
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 do	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		a real skunk					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skunk=Eventuality
2	do	present						first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

Warns by stamping, hissing and raising its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stamping	aux
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 stamping	mark
3	stamping	stamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hissing	punct
5	hissing	hiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stamping	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 raising	cc
7	raising	raise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stamping	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tail	nmod:poss
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raising	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	present							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hiss	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	raise	gerund		its tail					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Option 2

Hugs its enemy tightly until it gives up and goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hugs	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 enemy	nmod:poss
3	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hugs	obj
4	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	7 gives	advmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 gives	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hugs	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 gives	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 goes	cc
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hugs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	present		its enemy					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Co-Agent
2	give up	present	enemy					tightly property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	present							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Faints at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faints	faint	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Faints	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Bites with venom fangs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 fangs	case
3	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fangs	compound
4	fangs	fang	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bites	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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