Test 6 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

What would happen if hikers walked silently and surprised a bear on a narrow path?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hikers · What happens: happen, walk, surprise · To what, where: bear, narrow path

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 walked	mark
5	hikers	hiker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walked	nsubj
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	silently	silently	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 surprised	cc
9	surprised	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walked	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surprised	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 path	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 path	det
14	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 path	amod
15	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surprised	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk a condition, not said to happen	past	hikers			silently property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	surprise	past	hikers not said here	a bear	a narrow path		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bear=Experiencer

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

The bear would follow them home as a pet and live in their garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 follow	aux
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 follow	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 follow	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 pet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pet	det
9	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 live	cc
11	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 follow	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 garden	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 garden	nmod:poss
14	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	would	the bear	them = they				as a pet; home property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme as pet=Value
2	live	present	the bear not said here			their garden			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A startled bear might defend itself, worse than if it heard them coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bear	det
2	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bear	amod
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defend	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 defend	aux
5	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 defend	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worse	punct
8	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 defend	parataxis
9	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 heard	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 heard	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	nsubj
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 worse	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	obj
14	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 defend	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	startle	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	defend	might	a startled bear	bear	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary
3	hear a condition, not said to happen	past	bear	them = they	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
4	come	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, bears never notice people walking past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 notice	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 notice	advmod
5	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	obj
7	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 people	acl
8	past	past	ADV	_	7 walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	present	bears	people					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
2	walk	gerund	people not said here					past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The bear would always fall asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 fall	advmod
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	would	the bear					always, asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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