Test 4 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…
«found a big hole in the woods with fresh grass piled outside, can i dig it out and see?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: find, pile, dig out, see, be · To what, where: big hole, woods, fresh grass, hole · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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: «found a big hole in the woods with fresh grass piled outside, can i dig it out and see?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hole | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hole | amod |
| 5 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 woods | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 woods | det |
| 8 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hole | nmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 grass | case |
| 10 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 grass | amod |
| 11 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 woods | nmod |
| 12 | piled | pile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 grass | acl |
| 13 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 12 piled | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dig | punct |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 dig | aux |
| 16 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 dig | nsubj |
| 17 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 found | ccomp |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 dig | obj |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 dig | compound:prt |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 see | cc |
| 21 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 dig | conj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find in a quote | past | a big hole | the woods with fresh grass | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent hole=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pile in a quote | participle | fresh grass not said here | outside property | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | dig out in a quote | can | i | hole | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | infinitive | i not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it may be a badger sett, and setts are protected by law
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 sett | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sett | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 sett | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sett | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sett | det |
| 7 | badger | badger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sett | compound |
| 8 | sett | sett | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 protected | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 protected | cc |
| 11 | setts | sett | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 protected | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 protected | aux:pass |
| 13 | protected | protect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 sett | acl:relcl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 law | case |
| 15 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 protected | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | may | it | a badger sett | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | protect | present · passive | law | setts | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Yes, holes in the woods belong to nobody, so anyone may dig
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 belong | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 belong | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 woods | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woods | det |
| 6 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 holes | nmod |
| 7 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 nobody | case |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 belong | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dig | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 dig | advmod |
| 12 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 dig | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 dig | aux |
| 14 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 belong | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | holes in the woods | to nobody | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dig | may | anyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, but only with a small spade and very gently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 spade | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 spade | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 spade | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 spade | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spade | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spade | amod |
| 8 | spade | spade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gently | cc |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 gently | advmod |
| 11 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 8 spade | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, badgers like visitors, especially in the daytime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 badgers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 visitors | case |
| 5 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 badgers | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 daytime | punct |
| 7 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 10 daytime | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 daytime | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 daytime | det |
| 10 | daytime | daytime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 badgers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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