Test 2 · ★ · What a child can do for nature

«there's a tiny bird on the path, no flying, just hopping, gonna take it home and save it» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: tiny bird · What happens: be, fly, hop, take, save · To what, where: bird

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 path	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 path	det
9	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flying	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 flying	det
12	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bird	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hopping	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 hopping	advmod
15	hopping	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 flying	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 take	punct
17	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	18 take	dep
18	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 hopping	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 take	obj
20	home	home	ADV	_	18 take	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 save	cc
22	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 take	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 save	obj
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 save	punct
25	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 right	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 right	cop
27	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 save	advcl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a tiny bird on the path		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fly in a quote	gerund	a tiny bird on the path not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hop in a quote	gerund	a tiny bird on the path not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	take in a quote	infinitive		bird		home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	save in a quote	infinitive		bird			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
6	is	present				right property	tree rules

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

Throw it high into the air so it learns to fly, like its parents do with it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Throw	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 learns	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 learns	nsubj
9	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fly	mark
11	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learns	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
13	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 do	mark
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 parents	nmod:poss
15	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 do	nsubj
16	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	parataxis
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it	into the air result; high property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into air=Result
2	learn	present	air			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fly	to-infinitive	air not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	present	air's parents		with air	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, it needs to live in a box at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 needs	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 needs	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	it						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive				a box		at home	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in box=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is probably a fledgling being fed by its parents, so leave it close by

The tree, 15 words

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	7 fed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fed	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	7 fed	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fledgling	det
5	fledgling	fledgling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fed	nsubj:pass
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 fed	aux:pass
7	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 leave	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 leave	advmod
13	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fed	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 leave	obj
15	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 leave	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	13 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive		It				by fledgling's parents; feed, probably property	tree rules
2	leave	infinitive		fledgling				close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Feed it milk and bread at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	obj
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bread	cc
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milk	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Feed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	it					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme

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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