Test 8 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls

oi, why does my teacher make us wash hands after the owl pellet lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: oi, us · What happens: make, wash · To what, where: us, hands

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	7 make	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 oi	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 make	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teacher	nmod:poss
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wash	obj
11	after	after	ADP	_	15 lesson	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lesson	det
13	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pellet	compound
14	pellet	pellet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lesson	compound
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wash	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	oi	us					tree rules
2	wash	infinitive	us not said here	hands			after the pellet lesson		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pellets hold old bones and fur, so washing is basic hygiene

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bones	amod
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fur	cc
6	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bones	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hygiene	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 hygiene	advmod
9	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hygiene	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hygiene	cop
11	basic	basic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hygiene	amod
12	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Pellets	old bones and fur					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme
2	is a	present	washing	basic hygiene					tree rules

Option 2

Pellets are made of owl poo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 poo	case
5	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poo	compound
6	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Pellets				of owl poo	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Owls put magic in their pellets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pellets	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pellets	nmod:poss
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Owls	magic		Owls's pellets			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent magic=Theme in pellet=Destination

Option 4

Owl pellets are poisonous to touch, even for a moment, and burn the skin

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pellets	compound
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 poisonous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 poisonous	cop
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 touch	mark
6	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 poisonous	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moment	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 moment	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 moment	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 moment	det
11	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisonous	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 burn	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 burn	cc
14	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 poisonous	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 skin	det
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Owl pellets		poisonous property	tree rules
2	touch	to-infinitive	Owl pellets not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	burn	infinitive	Owl pellets not said here	the skin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

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