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Test 9 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

A raptor with a big toe claw is chasing a lizard. How does it use the claw?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: raptor · What happens: chase, use · To what, where: lizard, claw

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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 raptor with a big toe claw is chasing a lizard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 raptor	det
2	raptor	raptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chasing	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 claw	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 claw	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 claw	amod
6	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 claw	compound
7	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raptor	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 chasing	aux
9	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lizard	det
11	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chasing	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 chasing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present · progressive	a raptor with a big toe claw	a lizard					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=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: How does it use the claw?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 use	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 claw	det
6	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	raptor	the claw					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient

The options

Option 1

It does not use it at all

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	4 use	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 use	advmod
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 use	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · do-support	It	it		all			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Like a sword to slash from far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 sword	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sword	det
3	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 slash	mark
5	slash	slash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sword	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 far	case
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 slash	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 far	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slash	to-infinitive						far property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

As a spoon to dig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 spoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spoon	det
3	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dig	mark
5	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spoon	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	to-infinitive							vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Like a hook to pin the lizard down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 hook	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hook	det
3	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pin	mark
5	pin	pin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hook	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lizard	det
7	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	5 pin	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pin down	to-infinitive		the lizard					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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