Test 8 · ★★★ · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

In a cartoon a bear chases a hiker and the hiker escapes easily by running. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear, hiker, truth · What happens: chase, escape, run, be · To what, where: hiker, cartoon

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a bear chases a hiker and the hiker escapes easily by running.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chases	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chases	nsubj
6	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hiker	det
8	hiker	hiker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chases	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 escapes	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hiker	det
11	hiker	hiker	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 escapes	nsubj
12	escapes	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chases	conj
13	easily	easily	ADV	_	12 escapes	advmod
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 running	mark
15	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 escapes	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 chases	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	chase	present	a bear	a hiker	a cartoon		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hiker=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory
2	escape	present	the hiker			easily property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run	gerund	the hiker not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What is the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Bears can run about 50 kilometres an hour, faster than any person, so never run

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 50	advmod
5	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 kilometres	nummod
6	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	obj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kilometres	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 faster	punct
10	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 run	advmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 faster	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 run	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 run	advmod
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 run	advmod
17	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 run	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run about	can	Bears	50 kilometres a hour					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Trajectory
2	not run	infinitive	Bears not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Bears can only walk slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walk	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	can	Bears					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Bears are slow and heavy and give up after a few steps, so running always works

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slow	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slow	cop
3	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 heavy	cc
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 slow	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slow	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 steps	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 steps	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 steps	amod
12	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 give	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 works	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 works	advmod
15	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 works	csubj
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 running	advmod
17	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bears		slow property	tree rules
2	be		Bears not said here			tree rules
3	give up	present	Bears not said here	after a few steps		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	run	gerund			always property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	work	present	running			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Bears are scared of people in boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 boots	case
7	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bears					of people in boots; scared property	tree rules

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