Test 3 · ★★ · Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monk…

In a cartoon, a cute deer lets a girl pat it and then follows her home like a puppy. What would a real wild deer, like a Richmond Park stag in autumn, more likely do if someone came close?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cute deer, deer, likely, someone · What happens: let, pat, follow, do, come · To what, where: cartoon, home

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 368 «Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monkeys and leopards» 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a cute deer lets a girl pat it and then follows her home like a puppy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lets	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 deer	det
6	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deer	amod
7	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lets	nsubj
8	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pat	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pat	compound
11	pat	pat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lets	obj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pat	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 follows	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 follows	advmod
15	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lets	conj
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 home	nmod:poss
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 follows	obj
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 puppy	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 puppy	det
20	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 follows	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	a cute deer		a cartoon			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	pat		deer					tree rules
3	follow	present	a cute deer not said here	her home		then	like a puppy	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=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.

Sentence 2: What would a real wild deer, like a Richmond Park stag in autumn, more likely do if someone came close?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deer	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deer	amod
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deer	amod
6	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 would	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stag	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	12 stag	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stag	det
10	Richmond	Richmond	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Park	compound
11	Park	Park	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 stag	compound
12	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 autumn	case
14	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stag	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 do	punct
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 likely	advmod
17	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 do	nsubj
18	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stag	parataxis
19	if	if	SCONJ	_	21 came	mark
20	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 came	nsubj
21	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 do	advcl
22	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 came	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	likely						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come a condition, not said to happen	past	someone					close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Get stressed or even charge, so people should stay 50 metres away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	stressed	stress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Get	xcomp
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 charge	cc
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 charge	advmod
5	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stay	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 stay	advmod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stay	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stay	aux
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	conj
11	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 metres	nummod
12	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 away	obl:unmarked
13	away	away	ADV	_	10 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	stress	participle	you not said here		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	charge	infinitive	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	should	people	away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Follow her home like a puppy and sleep in her bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 home	nmod:poss
3	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 puppy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sleep	cc
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 puppy	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bed	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	her home		her bed		like a puppy and sleep	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme in bed=Trajectory

Option 3

Lie down on the grass so the girl can stroke it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Lie	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 stroke	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stroke	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stroke	aux
10	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lie	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	imperative	you not said here			the grass		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location
2	stroke	can	the girl	grass					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Ask for crackers by bowing its head again and again like a Nara deer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 crackers	case
3	crackers	cracker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obl
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 bowing	mark
5	bowing	bow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	advcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowing	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	5 bowing	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 again	cc
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 again	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 deer	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 deer	det
13	Nara	Nara	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 deer	compound
14	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for crackers	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bow	gerund	you not said here	its head			again	like a Nara deer	vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic

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