Test 7 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they…

«ya can't let him go in the woods?? the python's too big for the tank» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ya, him, tank · What happens: not let, go, be · To what, where: him, woods

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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	_	5 let	punct
2	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 let	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 woods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woods	det
10	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	obl
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	16 big	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 python	det
13	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 big	nsubj
14	's	's	PART	_	13 python	case
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 big	advmod
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 let	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 tank	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tank	det
19	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 big	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 tank	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 right	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 right	cop
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tank	acl:relcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not let in a quote	can	ya	him = he			tree rules
2	go in a quote	infinitive	him = he not said here		the woods		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
3	is	present	the tank			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, wild snakes will look after it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 snakes	amod
4	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 look	aux
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	future	wild snakes				after it		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, snakes always find their way home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 find	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 find	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	5 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	snakes	snakes's way				always, home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 3

Yes, a pet python dies within a day outside, so it can do no harm to anything

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 dies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 python	det
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 python	compound
5	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	nsubj
6	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	obl
10	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 day	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 do	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dies	advcl
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 harm	det
17	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 anything	case
19	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	a pet python				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	do	can	python	no harm				to anything	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a released python can survive and harm wild animals, as in Florida

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 survive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 python	det
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 python	amod
5	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 survive	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 survive	aux
7	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harm	cc
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 survive	conj
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 animals	amod
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 harm	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Florida	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 Florida	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Florida	case
15	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 survive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	release	participle				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	survive	can	a released python		as Florida	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	harm	infinitive	a released python not said here	wild animals		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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