Test 4 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago…

«the dog ran onto the ice, i'm going after him» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, i · What happens: run, go, be · To what, where: ice

This is test 4 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» 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	_	4 ran	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 best	advcl
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 ice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 going	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 going	nsubj
10	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 going	aux
11	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ran	advcl
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 going	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 best	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 best	cop
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	past	the dog	the ice			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory
2	go in a quote	present · progressive	i		after dog		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present				good property	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

Throw big stones to break up the ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stones	amod
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 break	mark
5	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 break	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ice	det
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	big stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	break up	to-infinitive	you not said here	the ice					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient

Option 2

Run onto the ice fast before it cracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	onto	onto	ADP	_	4 ice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ice	det
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 cracks	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cracks	nsubj
8	cracks	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the ice		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory
2	crack	present	ice						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Do not go on the ice; call for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ice	det
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	parataxis
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 help	case
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the ice			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ice=Location
2	call	infinitive						for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 4

Crawl out quietly on your hands and knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crawl	crawl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Crawl	compound:prt
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Crawl	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crawl	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knees	cc
8	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl out	imperative	you not said here			your hands and knees		quietly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory

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