Test 7 · ★★★ · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

What would happen if a bear's claws pulled in like a cat's while digging for roots?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, pull in, dig · To what, where: claws

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 pulled	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 claws	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bear	case
8	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	nsubj:pass
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 pulled	compound:prt
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 cat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cat	det
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pulled	obl
14	's	's	PART	_	13 cat	case
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 digging	mark
16	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 pulled	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 roots	case
18	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 digging	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pull in a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive	a bear's claws	like a cat	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	dig	gerund		for roots	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for root=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It would dig much faster, because tucked-in claws stay sharp and never break

The tree, 14 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	3 dig	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dig	aux
3	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 faster	advmod
5	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 dig	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stay	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 stay	mark
8	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 claws	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 tucked	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 claws	case
11	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stay	nsubj
12	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dig	conj
13	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stay	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 break	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 break	advmod
16	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dig	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	dig	would	It		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tuck	participle			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	stay	present	tucked claws	sharp property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not break	infinitive			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They would be less useful for digging; long fixed claws work like a rake

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 useful	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 useful	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 useful	cop
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 useful	advmod
5	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 digging	mark
7	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 useful	advcl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 work	punct
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 claws	amod
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 claws	amod
11	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 work	nsubj
12	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 useful	advcl
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 rake	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rake	det
15	rake	rake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	would	They	less, useful property	tree rules
2	dig	gerund	They not said here		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	work	present	long fixed claws	like a rake	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nothing, bears never dig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dig	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 dig	advmod
5	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not dig	present	bears						vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It would have to dig with its teeth

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	3 have	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dig	mark
5	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dig	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	It						tree rules
2	dig	to-infinitive						with its teeth	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tooth=Instrument

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