Test 10 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

can i give the horse my apple

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: give · To what, where: apple, horse

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	iobj
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 apple	nmod:poss
7	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	i	my apple	the horse				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient apple=Theme

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

Push it right into his mouth, he'll love it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Push	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	6 mouth	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 love	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 love	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 love	aux
10	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Push	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	it		his mouth			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into mouth=Destination
2	love	future	he	mouth					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Hold it in your fingertips so he can see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fingertips	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fingertips	nmod:poss
5	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 see	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		your fingertips			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fingertip=Location
2	see	can	he	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Throw it over into the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	1 Throw	compound:prt
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw over	imperative	you not said here	it				into the field result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into field=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask the owner, then hold it on a flat palm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 owner	det
3	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hold	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 hold	advmod
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hold	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 palm	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 palm	det
10	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 palm	amod
11	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the owner					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient
2	hold	infinitive	you not said here	owner		a flat palm	then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on palm=Location

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