Test 6 · ★★ · Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, w…

«cassowary looks friendly, I'll give it my sandwich» Why is that a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cassowary, I · What happens: look, give, be · To what, where: cassowary, bad idea

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, kiwis» 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	_	3 looks	punct
2	cassowary	cassowary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looks	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 give	aux
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 looks	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	obj
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sandwich	nmod:poss
11	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sandwich	punct
13	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 idea	advmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 idea	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 idea	mark
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 idea	det
17	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 idea	amod
18	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	present	cassowary		friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	give in a quote	future	I	cassowary		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sandwich=Theme
3	is a	present		a bad idea		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fed cassowaries lose their fear of people and may kick with sharp claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fed	fed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cassowaries	amod
2	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lose	nsubj
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fear	nmod:poss
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fear	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kick	cc
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kick	aux
10	kick	kick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lose	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 claws	case
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 claws	amod
13	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	present	Fed cassowaries	cassowaries's fear of people		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality
2	kick	may	Fed cassowaries not said here		with sharp claws	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with claw=Instrument
3	fear		cassowaries = cassowary	people		nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

Cassowaries only eat meat, so the bread would make them angry and attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 make	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bread	det
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 eat	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 attack	cc
14	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Cassowaries	meat					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
2	make	would	the bread	Cassowaries = cassowary				angry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product

Option 3

Sandwiches make cassowaries sleepy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Sandwiches	cassowaries				sleepy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cassowary=Product

Option 4

It is fine, cassowaries never kick

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 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cassowaries	punct
5	cassowaries	cassowary	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kick	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 kick	advmod
7	kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	not kick	present	cassowaries						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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