Test 5 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…
In the book two little hedgehogs are walking to school through the snow. What would real hedgehogs be doing in the snow?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: two little hedgehogs, real hedgehogs · What happens: walk, do · To what, where: book, snow
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: In the book two little hedgehogs are walking to school through the snow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 book | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 book | det |
| 3 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walking | obl |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 hedgehogs | nummod |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hedgehogs | amod |
| 6 | hedgehogs | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 walking | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 walking | aux |
| 8 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 school | case |
| 10 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walking | obl |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 13 snow | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 snow | det |
| 13 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walking | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 walking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present · progressive | two little hedgehogs | the book | to school result; through the snow | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result |
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 would real hedgehogs be doing in the snow?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 doing | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 doing | aux |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hedgehogs | amod |
| 4 | hedgehogs | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 doing | nsubj |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 doing | aux |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 snow | det |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 doing | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would · progressive | real hedgehogs | the snow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Hunting for snails under the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 snails | case |
| 3 | snails | snail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hunting | obl |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 snow | det |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hunting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | gerund | the snow | for snails | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for snail=Theme under snow=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hibernating in a nest of leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hibernating | hibernate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 nest | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 nest | det |
| 4 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hibernating | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 leaves | case |
| 6 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hibernate | gerund | a nest of leaves | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location |
Option 3
Looking for a school to go to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 school | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Looking | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | for a school | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for school=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Building snowmen with the rabbits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building | build | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | snowmen | snowman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Building | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 rabbits | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rabbits | det |
| 5 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Building | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | gerund | snowmen | with the rabbits | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent snowman=Theme with rabbit=Source |
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