Test 9 · ★ · What a child can do for nature

«found a hedgehog on the lawn at night, should i give it a saucer of milk» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: find, give, be · To what, where: hedgehog, lawn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	2 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hedgehog	det
4	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 lawn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lawn	det
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lawn	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 give	aux
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 give	nsubj
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	obj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 saucer	det
16	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 milk	case
18	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saucer	nmod
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past		a hedgehog	the lawn at night		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Topic
2	give in a quote	should	i	hedgehog			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient saucer=Theme
3	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

Yes, warm milk with bread is best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 milk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 milk	amod
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 best	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 bread	case
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 milk	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 best	cop
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	warm milk with bread					good property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, milk upsets its stomach; a shallow dish of water is better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 upsets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 upsets	punct
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upsets	nsubj
4	upsets	upset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stomach	nmod:poss
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upsets	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 better	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dish	det
9	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dish	amod
10	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 better	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dish	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 better	cop
14	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 upsets	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	upset	present	milk	milk's stomach					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stomach=Experiencer
2	is	present	a shallow dish of water					good property	tree rules

Option 3

No, hedgehogs never drink anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 drink	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drink	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 drink	advmod
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drink	present	hedgehogs	anything					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

Option 4

Yes, milk is its favourite drink, so a big saucer every night is best

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 drink	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	cop
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 drink	nmod:poss
6	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drink	amod
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saucer	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 saucer	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 saucer	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 saucer	amod
12	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nmod
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 best	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 best	cop
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 drink	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	milk	milk's favourite drink				a big saucer nmod	tree rules
2	is	present	every night					good property	tree rules

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