Test 11 · ★★ · Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostr…

«hedgehog came in the garden, giving him a bowl of milk like in the book» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hedgehog · What happens: come, give, be · To what, where: garden, bowl, hedgehog

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 295 «Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostriches and goldfish» 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 came	punct
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 best	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 giving	punct
8	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 came	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 giving	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bowl	det
11	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 milk	case
13	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bowl	nmod
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 book	case
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 book	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 book	det
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 best	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 best	cop
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	past	hedgehog			the garden		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location
2	give in a quote	gerund	hedgehog not said here	a bowl of milk	hedgehog		like the book	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bowl=Theme
3	is	present					good 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 · ← Mova's choice

Milk is the best food for hedgehogs, just like the book says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 food	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 food	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 hedgehogs	case
7	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 food	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	13 says	advmod
10	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 says	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 book	det
12	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 food	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Milk	the best food				for hedgehogs	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Give water and cat food; milk makes hedgehogs ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 food	cc
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	compound
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	parataxis
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 makes	obj
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	water and cat food					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	make	present	milk	hedgehogs				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material hedgehog=Product

Option 3

Give it a whole apple to carry off on its spines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apple	amod
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 carry	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 spines	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 spines	nmod:poss
11	spines	spine	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a whole apple	it				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient apple=Theme
2	carry off	to-infinitive	you not said here			apple's spines			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Give it nothing, hedgehogs eat only leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Give	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
5	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	advcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 leaves	advmod
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	nothing	it				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient nothing=Theme
2	eat	present	hedgehogs	leaves					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient

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