Test 5 · ★★★ · Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and h…

«me mate's gonna let his snails go in the park, they'll be happier» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate gonna, snails, best answer · What happens: let, go, be · To what, where: park · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» 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	_	6 let	punct
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 mate	compound
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gonna	compound
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	gonna	gonna	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 snails	nmod:poss
8	snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 let	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 park	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 park	det
12	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 happier	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 happier	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 happier	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 happier	cop
17	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 let	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 let	parataxis
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 What	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 answer	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 answer	amod
23	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 What	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	past	mate gonna			tree rules
2	go in a quote	present	gonna's snails	the park		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in park=Location
3	is in a quote	future	snails = snail		happy property	tree rules
4	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

Only if he lets them go at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 lets	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 lets	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	obj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lets	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	he	them = they					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here				night		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Great, snails love parks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snails	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Great	punct
3	snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Great snails	parks					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer park=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Released pets can die or become pests; take them to a rescue or pet shop

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pets	amod
2	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 die	aux
4	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 become	cc
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 die	conj
7	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 become	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 take	punct
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 die	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 take	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 rescue	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rescue	det
13	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 shop	cc
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shop	compound
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rescue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	release	participle				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	die	can	Released pets			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	become	infinitive	Released pets not said here	pests		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	take	infinitive	Released pets not said here	pets = pet	a rescue or pet shop	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to rescue=Destination

Option 4

Fine, pet snails always do much better out in the wild than in any tank

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 snails	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snails	compound
4	snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 better	advmod
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 do	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 better	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 wild	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wild	det
12	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
13	than	than	ADP	_	16 tank	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 tank	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 tank	det
16	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Fine pet snails	better		the wild		than any tank; always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality

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