Test 11 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl…

«snake in the garden, it's probably harmless, can i pick it up» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snake, i, best answer · What happens: be, pick up · To what, where: snake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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	_	2 snake	punct
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 harmless	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snake	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 snake	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 harmless	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 harmless	cop
9	probably	probably	ADV	_	10 harmless	advmod
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pick	punct
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pick	aux
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 pick	nsubj
14	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 harmless	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pick	obj
16	up	up	ADP	_	14 pick	compound:prt
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 harmless	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 harmless	parataxis
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 What	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 answer	det
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 answer	amod
22	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 What	nsubj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	snake in the garden		harmless, probably property	tree rules
2	pick up in a quote	can	i	snake		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	is a	present	the best answer			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, but only if it hisses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 hisses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hisses	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 hisses	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 hisses	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hisses	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hisses	nsubj
7	hisses	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hiss	present	it						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, never touch a wild snake; leave it and tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 touch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 touch	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 touch	advmod
4	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 snake	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snake	amod
7	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 touch	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 leave	punct
9	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leave	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tell	cc
12	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	conj
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not touch	imperative	you not said here	a wild snake		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme snake=Co-Theme
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	snake		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Yes, if you grab it by the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 grab	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grab	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 grab	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 grab	nsubj
5	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grab	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 tail	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tail	det
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	you	it				by the tail	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, all garden snakes are harmless, so it is fine to hold one

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 harmless	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 snakes	det
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snakes	compound
5	snakes	snake	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	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fine	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 harmless	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hold	mark
14	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 fine	csubj
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	all garden snakes		harmless property	tree rules
2	is	present	all garden snakes not said here		fine property	tree rules
3	hold	to-infinitive		one		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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