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Test 10 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…

In a cartoon a boy whacks a hornets' nest with a stick and a swarm chases him. What should he really do near a nest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, swarm · What happens: whack, chase, do · To what, where: nest, cartoon, boy

This is test 10 of lesson 393 «Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets» 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 boy whacks a hornets' nest with a stick and a swarm chases him.

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	6 whacks	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whacks	nsubj
6	whacks	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hornets	det
8	hornets	hornet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 nest	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 hornets	case
10	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whacks	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whacks	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 chases	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 swarm	det
16	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chases	nsubj
17	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 whacks	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 chases	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 whacks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whack	present	a boy	a hornets's nest		a cartoon		with a stick	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent nest=Patient with stick=Instrument
2	chase	present	a swarm	boy					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 should he really do near a nest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 do	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 do	advmod
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 nest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nest	det
8	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	swarm			a nest			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Shout to scare the hornets off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 scare	mark
3	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hornets	det
5	hornets	hornet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scare	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	3 scare	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scare off	to-infinitive	you not said here	the hornets					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hornet=Experiencer

Option 2

Hit it once more, harder, to finish the nest off for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hit	obj
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Hit	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 harder	punct
6	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Hit	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 finish	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 finish	mark
9	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hit	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nest	det
11	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finish	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	9 finish	compound:prt
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 finish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	it				hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	finish off	to-infinitive	you not said here	the nest				for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality nest=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never poke or throw things at it, walk calmly away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 poke	advmod
2	poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 throw	cc
4	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 poke	conj
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 throw	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 throw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 walk	punct
9	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 poke	conj
10	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not poke	imperative	you not said here						vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	throw	infinitive	you not said here	things		it			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at it=Destination
3	walk away	infinitive	you not said here					away, calmly property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cover it with his coat so the hornets cannot get out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Cover	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 coat	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 get	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hornets	det
8	hornets	hornet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 get	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cover	advcl
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	it				with his coat	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with coat=Theme
2	not get out	can	the hornets					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «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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