Test 9 · ★ · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo
A rooster on a farm flaps and charges at a visitor. What does the visitor do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: rooster, visitor · What happens: flap, charge, do
This is test 9 · ★ 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 rooster on a farm flaps and charges at a visitor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rooster | det |
| 2 | rooster | rooster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flaps | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 farm | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 farm | det |
| 5 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rooster | nmod |
| 6 | flaps | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 charges | cc |
| 8 | charges | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flaps | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 visitor | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 visitor | det |
| 11 | visitor | visitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 charges | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 flaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flap | present | a rooster on a farm | vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | charge | present | a rooster on a farm not said here | at a visitor | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at visitor=Trajectory |
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 does the visitor do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 visitor | det |
| 4 | visitor | visitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | the visitor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Grab the rooster by its tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rooster | det |
| 3 | rooster | rooster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 tail | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tail | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | the rooster | by rooster's tail | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rooster=Theme |
Option 2
Shout and stamp at it to scare it off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 stamp | cc |
| 3 | stamp | stamp | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stamp | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 scare | mark |
| 7 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stamp | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scare | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 scare | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stamp | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at it=Destination | ||||
| 3 | scare off | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk away calmly and tell the owner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 owner | det |
| 7 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | imperative | you not said here | away, calmly property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the owner | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient |
Option 4
Run off and hide inside the hen house till dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Run | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hide | cc |
| 4 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 7 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 house | compound |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hide | obl |
| 9 | till | till | ADP | _ | 10 dark | case |
| 10 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hide | present | you not said here | the hen house | till dark | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside house=Location |
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