Test 9 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

forgot to feed the fish, again, eh he'll be fine

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fish · What happens: forget, not feed, be · To what, where: fish

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 feed	mark
3	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 forgot	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 again	punct
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 feed	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eh	punct
9	eh	eh	INTJ	_	1 forgot	discourse
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fine	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 fine	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 forgot	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past					tree rules
2	not feed	to-infinitive		the fish	again		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient
3	is	future	fish			fine 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

Fish can go for weeks without food, he'll be totally fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 weeks	case
5	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fine	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 fine	cop
12	totally	totally	ADV	_	13 fine	advmod
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	Fish				week	without food	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	future	Fish					fine, totally property	tree rules

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

A pet depends on you, so feed him every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pet	det
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 depends	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 feed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 feed	advmod
8	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 depends	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feed	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	a pet					on you	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on you=Theme
2	feed	infinitive	a pet not said here		pet		day		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

Feed him double tomorrow instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	iobj
3	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tomorrow	amod
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obl:unmarked
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Feed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here		him = he		tomorrow	instead property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

Only feed him when you remember

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 feed	advmod
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feed	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 remember	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 remember	nsubj
6	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	remember	present	you						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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