Test 7 · ★ · Conservation: how people help animals come back

«putting a hole in my fence, crap, the dog'll get out» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: putting · What happens: put, get out, be · To what, where: hole, fence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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	_	2 putting	punct
2	putting	put	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 get	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hole	det
4	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fence	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fence	nmod:poss
7	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hole	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crap	punct
9	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fence	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 putting	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 get	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 get	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	gerund		a hole	my fence and crap		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hole=Asset dog=Goal
2	get out in a quote	future	putting			out property	tree rules
3	is	present				right property	tree rules

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

Hedgehogs need a hole the size of a door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hole	det
4	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Hedgehogs	a hole					tree rules

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

A hole about 13 cm square lets hedgehogs through but not most pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	nsubj
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 13	advmod
4	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 cm	nummod
5	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 square	obl:unmarked
6	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hole	amod
7	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lets	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	13 pets	case
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 pets	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 pets	advmod
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 pets	amod
13	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	a hole	hedgehogs				through most pets	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Theme

Option 3

Hedgehogs climb fences easily, so you don't need a hole at all, mate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climb	nsubj
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fences	fence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climb	obj
4	easily	easily	ADV	_	2 climb	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 need	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 need	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 need	advmod
10	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 climb	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hole	det
12	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 hole	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	Hedgehogs	fences				easily property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme
2	not need	present · do-support	you	a hole and mate		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme

Option 4

Dogs never fit through any hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fit	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 fit	advmod
3	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 hole	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 hole	det
6	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fit	present	Dogs			any hole			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through hole=Trajectory

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