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Test 7 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

In the book the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields». Is that a real danger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: field mice, horrid machines · What happens: hurry, move, begin, click, be · To what, where: book, house, real danger

This is test 7 · ★★ 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 the field-mice hurry to move house «before those horrid machines begin clicking round the fields».

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 hurry	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mice	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mice	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 field	punct
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurry	nsubj
8	hurry	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 move	mark
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hurry	xcomp
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 move	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 begin	punct
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 begin	mark
14	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	16 machines	det
15	horrid	horrid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 machines	amod
16	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 begin	nsubj
17	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurry	conj
18	clicking	click	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 begin	xcomp
19	round	round	ADP	_	21 fields	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fields	det
21	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 clicking	obl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 begin	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 hurry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	present	the field mice			the book			tree rules
2	move	to-infinitive	the field mice not said here	house					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	begin in a quote	present	that horrid machines						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	click in a quote	gerund	that horrid machines not said here					round the fields	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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: Is that a real danger?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 danger	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 danger	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 danger	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 danger	amod
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 danger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a real danger					tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, mice never live anywhere near the wheat fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 mice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 live	advmod
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 fields	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
9	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fields	compound
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not live	present	mice			the wheat fields		anywhere property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near field=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, mice live only in houses and barns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 houses	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 houses	case
7	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 barns	cc
9	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 houses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	mice			houses and barns			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 3

No, harvest machines carefully drive round all the mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 machines	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 machines	compound
4	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drive	nsubj
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	6 drive	advmod
6	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	round	round	ADP	_	10 mice	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 mice	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mice	det
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	harvest machines					round all mice; carefully property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round mouse=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, harvesting machines can wreck harvest mice's nests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 wreck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 harvesting	punct
3	harvesting	harvest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 wreck	csubj
4	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harvesting	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wreck	aux
6	wreck	wreck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mice	compound
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 nests	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mice	case
10	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wreck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harvest	gerund		machines					tree rules
2	wreck	can	harvesting	harvest mice's nests					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient

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