Test 8 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl…

«adder on the path sunbathing, gonna poke it with a stick to move it» What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adder · What happens: poke, move, do · To what, where: sunbathing

This is test 8 · ★ 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 adder	punct
2	adder	adder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 poke	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 sunbathing	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sunbathing	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sunbathing	compound
6	sunbathing	sunbathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adder	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 poke	punct
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 poke	dep
9	poke	poke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 poke	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 poke	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 move	mark
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 poke	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 move	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 move	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 move	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 poke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	poke in a quote	infinitive	adder on the path sunbathing	sunbathing	with a stick	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument
2	move in a quote	to-infinitive	adder on the path sunbathing not said here	sunbathing		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	do	should	adder			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 right answer

Leave it, step back and go round it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 step	punct
4	step	step	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 step	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 go	cc
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
8	round	round	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 go	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	step back	infinitive	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go round	infinitive	you not said here	it	round property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Throw stones until it leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 leaves	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leaves	nsubj
5	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	leave	present	it						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Pick it up by the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 tail	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tail	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it				by the tail	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Poke it gently with a long stick, adders like it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Poke	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Poke	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 stick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Poke	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 adders	punct
9	adders	adder	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stick	conj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 adders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	imperative	you not said here	it				with a long stick and adders like it; gently property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument

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