Test 7 · ★★ · The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and w…

«stupid robin singing at 2 in the morning by the streetlamp, shut UP» Why might it sing at night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stupid robin, robin · What happens: sing, shut up · To what, where: 2, stupid robin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» 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	_	3 robin	punct
2	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 robin	amod
3	robin	robin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shut	nsubj:pass
4	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 robin	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 2	case
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 singing	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 morning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 singing	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 streetlamp	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 streetlamp	det
12	streetlamp	streetlamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 singing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shut	punct
14	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	UP	up	ADP	_	14 shut	compound:prt
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 shut	punct
17	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 sing	advmod
18	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 sing	aux
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sing	nsubj
20	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 shut	parataxis
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 night	case
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sing	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express in a quote	gerund	stupid robin not said here		2	morning	by the streetlamp	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2=Location
2	shut up in a quote	participle · passive		stupid robin				tree rules
3	sing speech: express	might	robin			night		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

Robins only sing at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robins	robin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sing	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 sing	advmod
3	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Robins				night		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Robins defend their patch all year and the streetlight confuses day and night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robins	robin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 defend	nsubj
2	defend	defend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 patch	nmod:poss
4	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defend	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defend	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 confuses	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 streetlight	det
9	streetlight	streetlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confuses	nsubj
10	confuses	confuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 defend	conj
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confuses	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 night	cc
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	present	Robins	Robins's patch			year		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Beneficiary
2	confuse	present	the streetlight				day		vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is lost and scared of the dark, so it sings to call its mother to come and find it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 scared	cc
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lost	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sings	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 sings	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sings	nsubj
12	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 call	mark
14	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sings	xcomp
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mother	nmod:poss
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 call	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 come	mark
18	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 call	advcl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 find	cc
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 come	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	present	dark			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	call	to-infinitive	dark not said here		dark's mother	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient
4	come	to-infinitive	dark not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	find	infinitive	dark not said here	dark		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

It is calling the hedgehog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 calling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calling	aux
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hedgehog	det
5	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · progressive	It		the hedgehog				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Recipient

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