Test 8 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…

«was in long grass all arvo, so what» Why should you check your skin?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, check · To what, where: long grass · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 grass	punct
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grass	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grass	amod
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 arvo	det
7	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grass	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 what	advmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 check	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
12	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 check	advmod
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 check	aux
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 check	nsubj
15	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 grass	parataxis
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 skin	nmod:poss
17	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 check	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 grass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past				long grass		all arvo nmod	tree rules
2	check	should	you	long grass					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Theme skin=Attribute

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 right answer

Tick bites usually do not hurt, so ticks are often found only later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bites	compound
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	nsubj
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 hurt	advmod
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hurt	advmod
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 found	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 found	advmod
9	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 found	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 found	aux:pass
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 found	advmod
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hurt	parataxis
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 later	advmod
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	present · do-support	Tick bites					usually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	find	present · passive		ticks				late, often property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Long grass turns your skin green

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grass	amod
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 skin	nmod:poss
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obj
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turns	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Long grass	your skin				green property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 3

Ticks make a buzzing sound to warn you, so you would have heard them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sound	det
4	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	compound
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 warn	mark
7	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 warn	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heard	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 heard	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 heard	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 heard	aux
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 make	parataxis
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	make	present	Ticks	a buzzing sound		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	Ticks not said here		you	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	hear	would · perfect	you	Ticks = tick		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Long grass leaves sharp splinters stuck in the skin of every leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grass	amod
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 splinters	amod
5	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leaves	obj
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leaves	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 leg	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 leg	det
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Long grass	sharp splinters				stuck property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme

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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