Test 8 · ★★★ · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

«there's dogs at chornobyl, they look friendly, i'll cuddle one» What is wiser?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dogs, i · What happens: be, look, cuddle · To what, where: chornobyl, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 's	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 chornobyl	case
6	chornobyl	chornobyl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 look	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 look	nsubj
9	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 's	parataxis
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cuddle	punct
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 cuddle	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 cuddle	aux
14	cuddle	cuddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 look	conj
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 cuddle	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 cuddle	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 wiser	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wiser	cop
19	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 cuddle	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	does in a quote	present	dogs		chornobyl; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at chornobyl=Location
2	look in a quote	present	dogs = dog			friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	cuddle in a quote	future	i	one			tree rules
4	is	present				wise 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

They are wolves in disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wolves	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wolves	cop
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 disguise	case
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wolves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	wolves		disguise			tree rules

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

They are still strange animals, so do not touch them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 animals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animals	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 animals	advmod
4	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 touch	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 touch	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 touch	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 touch	advmod
10	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 animals	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	strange animals			still		tree rules
2	not touch	infinitive · do-support		animals = animal					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

Option 3

They glow, so wear thick gloves and then hug them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 glow	nsubj
2	glow	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 wear	advmod
5	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 glow	conj
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gloves	amod
7	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hug	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 hug	advmod
10	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 glow	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	glow	present	They			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wear	infinitive	They not said here	thick gloves		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme
3	hug	infinitive	They not said here	gloves = glove	then	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 4

They are tame pets, so cuddle away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pets	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pets	cop
3	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pets	amod
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cuddle	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 cuddle	advmod
7	cuddle	cuddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 pets	appos
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 cuddle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	tame pets					tree rules
2	cuddle away	infinitive						away property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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