Test 8 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs

«monkey at the temple looks hungry, gimme the crisps I'll feed him» What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey, I · What happens: look, gimme, feed, be · To what, where: crisps, monkey, right answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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	_	2 monkey	punct
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 temple	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 temple	det
5	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 monkey	nmod
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gimme	punct
9	gimme	gimme	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 looks	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crisps	det
11	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gimme	obj
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 feed	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 feed	aux
14	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 crisps	appos
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 feed	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 feed	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 answer	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 answer	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 answer	amod
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gimme	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	present	monkey at the temple			hungry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	gimme in a quote	infinitive		the crisps			tree rules
3	feed in a quote	future	I		monkey		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	be speech: assert	present		the right answer			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 · ← Mova's choice

Only feed him with your hand held open flat, like you feed a horse

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 feed	advmod
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obl
7	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hand	acl
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 held	xcomp
9	flat	flat	ADV	_	2 feed	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 feed	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 feed	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 feed	nsubj
13	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feed	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here		him = he	with your hand; flat property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	hold	participle		your hand not said here		open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feed	present	you		a horse		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, monkeys love crisps and are safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safe	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 love	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	monkeys	crisps					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crisp=Stimulus
2	is	present	monkeys not said here					safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, never feed or tease wild monkeys; they grab and can bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 feed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feed	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 feed	advmod
4	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 tease	cc
6	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 feed	conj
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monkeys	amod
8	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tease	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 grab	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grab	nsubj
11	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feed	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bite	cc
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 bite	aux
14	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 grab	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not feed	imperative	you not said here		vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	tease	infinitive	you not said here	wild monkeys	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient
3	grab	present	monkeys = monkey		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	bite	can	monkeys = monkey not said here		vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you hold the crisps up high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hold	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nsubj
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crisps	det
7	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	5 hold	compound:prt
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hold	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	you	the crisps				high property	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot crisp=Theme

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