Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…
A news line: "Badgers to be culled in three counties to stop cattle disease." What will happen to the badgers?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: cull, stop, happen · To what, where: three counties, cattle disease
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» of the euphemisms 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: A news line: "Badgers to be culled in three counties to stop cattle disease."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 line | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 line | compound |
| 3 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Badgers | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Badgers | punct |
| 6 | Badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 line | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 culled | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 culled | aux:pass |
| 9 | culled | cull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Badgers | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 counties | case |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 counties | nummod |
| 12 | counties | county | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 culled | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 stop | mark |
| 14 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 culled | advcl |
| 15 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 disease | compound |
| 16 | disease | disease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stop | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 line | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 line | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cull in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | three counties | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | to-infinitive | cattle disease | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality disease=Eventuality |
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: What will happen to the badgers?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 badgers | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 badgers | det |
| 6 | badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happen | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | to the badgers | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They will be moved to zoos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 moved | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 moved | aux:pass |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 zoos | case |
| 6 | zoos | zoo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | future · passive | They | zoos | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to zoo=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Many will be killed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 killed | aux:pass |
| 4 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | future · passive | Many | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
They will get medicine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | They | medicine | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medicine=Stimulus |
Option 4
They will be counted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 counted | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 counted | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 counted | aux:pass |
| 4 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | future · passive | They | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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