Test 12 · ★★★ · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

«why's the robin attacking the red scarf on the washing line, mental» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: robin · What happens: attack, be · To what, where: red scarf, washing line

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» 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	_	6 attacking	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 attacking	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 attacking	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robin	det
5	robin	robin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attacking	nsubj
6	attacking	attack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 scarf	det
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 scarf	amod
9	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attacking	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 line	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 line	det
12	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 line	compound
13	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attacking	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mental	punct
15	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 line	amod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 mental	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	15 mental	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 attacking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack in a quote	present · progressive	the robin	the red scarf		the washing line			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scarf=Patient
2	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

Robins hate washing lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robins	robin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lines	compound
4	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	Robins	washing lines					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus

Option 2

It is hungry and trying to eat the scarf

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 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 trying	cc
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hungry	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 scarf	det
9	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		hungry property	tree rules
2	try	gerund				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive		the scarf		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scarf=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its red breast warns rivals, so it may attack red cloth as an intruder

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breast	nmod:poss
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breast	amod
3	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warns	nsubj
4	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 warns	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 attack	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 attack	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 attack	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 attack	aux
10	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 warns	parataxis
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cloth	amod
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attack	obj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 intruder	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 intruder	det
15	intruder	intruder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	Its red breast	rivals					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rival=Recipient
2	attack	may	breast	red cloth				as a intruder	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme as intruder=Attribute

Option 4

It wants the scarf as a soft lining for the nest it is building nearby

The tree, 15 words

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scarf	det
4	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 lining	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lining	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lining	amod
8	lining	lining	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 nest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nest	det
11	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lining	nmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 building	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 building	aux
14	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lining	acl:relcl
15	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	14 building	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It	the scarf				as a soft lining for the nest	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent scarf=Theme as lining=Attribute
2	build	present · progressive	scarf	a soft lining for the nest not said here				nearby property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material lining=Product

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