Test 6 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo
A dad in Sydney is bitten by a snake. His son should...
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: snake · What happens: bite · To what, where: dad
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A dad in Sydney is bitten by a snake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dad | det |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bitten | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dad | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bitten | aux:pass |
| 6 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 snake | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 snake | det |
| 9 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bitten | obl:agent |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bitten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present · passive | a snake | a dad in Sydney | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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: His son should...
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 son | nmod:poss |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 should | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 3 should | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Put ice on it and do nothing else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 do | cc |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 do | obj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 nothing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | ice | ice | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ice=Theme on it=Destination | |||
| 2 | do | present | you not said here | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 2
Help him walk quickly to go and find the snake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Help | xcomp |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 walk | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 walk | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 find | cc |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 walk | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snake | det |
| 10 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk | infinitive | him = he not said here | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | find | infinitive | him = he not said here | the snake | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Call 000 and keep his dad calm and still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 000 | 000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 keep | cc |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 still | cc |
| 9 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | 000 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 000=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | his dad | calm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme |
Option 4
Cut the bite and suck it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bite | det |
| 3 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cut | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 suck | cc |
| 5 | suck | suck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cut | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 suck | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 suck | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | imperative | you not said here | the bite | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bite=Product | ||||
| 2 | suck out | infinitive | you not said here | bite | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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