Test 8 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they…

What would happen if a python squeezed a rat but the rat's heart was still beating?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: python, heart · What happens: happen, squeeze, beat · To what, where: rat

This is test 8 · ★ 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	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	_	7 squeezed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 python	det
6	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squeezed	nsubj
7	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rat	det
9	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squeezed	obj
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 beating	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rat	det
12	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 heart	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 rat	case
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 beating	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 beating	aux
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 beating	advmod
17	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 happen	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	squeeze a condition, not said to happen	past	a python	a rat		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
3	beat	past · progressive	the rat's heart		still	vn sound_emission-43.2 «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.

The options

Option 1

The snake would fall asleep at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fall	aux
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fall	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	would	the snake					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2

The snake would start to chew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 start	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 start	aux
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 chew	mark
6	chew	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	would	the snake						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	chew	to-infinitive	the snake not said here						vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The snake would let go at once and slide away to find an easier meal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 go	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 slide	cc
9	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 slide	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 find	mark
12	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 slide	advcl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 meal	det
14	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 meal	amod
15	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	would	the snake			tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the snake not said here			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location
3	slide away	infinitive	the snake not said here		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	find	to-infinitive	the snake not said here	a easier meal		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Topic

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

The snake would feel it through its coils and keep squeezing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feel	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 coils	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 coils	nmod:poss
8	coils	coil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feel	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	conj
11	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	feel	would	the snake	it	snake's coils	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme through coil=Location
2	keep	present	the snake not said here			tree rules
3	squeeze	gerund	the snake not said here			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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