Test 9 · ★ · How animals hunt

Why might wolves pick out a young, old or sick deer from a herd?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolves · What happens: pick out · To what, where: young deer, herd

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 52 «How animals hunt» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 pick	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pick	nsubj
4	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 pick	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 deer	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deer	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 old	punct
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 young	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 sick	cc
11	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 young	conj
12	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 herd	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 herd	det
15	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick out	might	wolves	a young deer		a herd			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deer=Theme from herd=Source

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 healthy ones are protected by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ones	det
2	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ones	amod
3	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protected	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 protected	aux:pass
5	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive	law	the healthy ones					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It will tire first and is less likely to hurt them

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 tire	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tire	aux
3	tire	tire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 tire	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 likely	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
7	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tire	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hurt	mark
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 likely	xcomp
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tire	future	It		first property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present			less, likely property	tree rules
3	hurt	to-infinitive		them = they		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

Option 3

Wolves feel sorry for the others and let them go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	nsubj
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feel	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 others	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 others	det
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 feel	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Wolves		for the others; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	let	infinitive	Wolves not said here	Wolves = wolf		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Wolves = wolf not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Old deer taste the best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deer	amod
2	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taste	nsubj
3	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 taste	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	Old deer	the best					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme good=Attribute

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