Test 5 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…

What would happen if you stepped on an adder lying in the sun?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, adder · What happens: happen, step, lie · To what, where: sun

This is test 5 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

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 stepped	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stepped	nsubj
6	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 adder	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adder	det
9	adder	adder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stepped	obl
10	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 adder	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 sun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sun	det
13	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	step a condition, not said to happen	past	you		on a adder	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on adder=Trajectory
3	lie	gerund	a adder not said here	the sun		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

It might bite to defend itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bite	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bite	aux
3	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 defend	mark
5	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bite	advcl
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	might	It						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	defend	to-infinitive		itself = it					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary

Option 2

It would spit poison into the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spit	aux
3	spit	spit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spit	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spit	would	It	poison		the air			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent poison=Theme

Option 3

It would stay still and let you pass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stay	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stay	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stay	would	It		still	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive		you		tree rules
3	pass	infinitive	you not said here			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It would always chase you home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chase	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chase	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 chase	advmod
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 chase	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 chase	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	would	It	you				always, home property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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