Test 10 · ★★★ · Snakes and lizards

You're walking on a British heath and see an adder. What's the sensible thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, sensible thing · What happens: walk, see, be, do · To what, where: British heath, adder

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Snakes and lizards» 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: You're walking on a British heath and see an adder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 walking	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 walking	aux
3	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 heath	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heath	det
6	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heath	amod
7	heath	heath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 see	cc
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 walking	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adder	det
11	adder	adder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · progressive	You			a British heath			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on heath=Trajectory
2	see	infinitive	You not said here	a adder					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adder=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's the sensible thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sensible thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the sensible thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Poke it with a long stick to see it move and hiss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Poke	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	amod
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Poke	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Poke	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 see	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hiss	cc
12	hiss	hiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 see	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	poke	imperative	you not said here	it	with a long stick	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	stick		tree rules
3	move	infinitive	stick not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	hiss	infinitive	you not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Leave it alone and walk round it; it bites only if disturbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 walk	cc
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
6	round	round	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walk	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 bites	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bites	nsubj
10	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 disturbed	advmod
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 disturbed	mark
13	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 bites	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here		it		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round it=Trajectory
3	bite	present	it				tree rules
4	disturb a condition, not said to happen	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Pick it up, adders are harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 harmless	punct
5	adders	adder	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 harmless	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 harmless	cop
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	present	adders					harmless property	tree rules

Option 4

Stamp near it to scare it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stamp	stamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	near	near	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stamp	nmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 scare	mark
5	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stamp	acl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scare	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 scare	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare off	to-infinitive		Stamp					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

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