Test 18 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

my mum's mate said her uncle got bit by a snake and they cut it open and sucked the poison out and he lived. true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, uncle, they · What happens: say, get, cut, suck out, live · To what, where: bit, poison · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 uncle	nmod:poss
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 snake	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snake	det
12	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cut	cc
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cut	nsubj
15	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cut	obj
17	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cut	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sucked	cc
19	sucked	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 poison	det
21	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sucked	obj
22	out	out	ADP	_	19 sucked	compound:prt
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 lived	cc
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 lived	nsubj
25	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sucked	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 sucked	punct
27	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lesson	amod
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sucked	obj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mum's mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	mate's uncle	bit	by a snake	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus
3	cut	past	they	bit	open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
4	suck out	past	my mum's mate not said here	the poison		tree rules
5	live	past	uncle			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, sucking out venom saves lives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 saves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sucking	punct
3	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 saves	csubj
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 sucking	compound:prt
5	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sucking	obj
6	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 saves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck out	gerund		venom					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Source
2	save	present	sucking	lives					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2

Yes, but only if done within a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 done	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 done	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 done	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 done	mark
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 minute	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minute	det
9	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle					minute		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, cutting and sucking harms; call emergency and keep still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 cutting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 harms	csubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sucking	cc
5	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cutting	conj
6	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 harms	parataxis
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 keep	cc
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 call	conj
12	still	still	ADV	_	11 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	cut	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	suck	gerund				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	harm	present	cutting			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	call	infinitive		emergency		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emergency=Recipient
5	keep	infinitive			still	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, then walk quickly to a hospital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 walk	advmod
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 hospital	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hospital	det
8	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here				then	to a hospital result; quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hospital=Result

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