Test 10 · ★ · Kindness to animals

hamster's nervous, gonna grab him quick b4 he runs

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hamster · What happens: grab, run · To what, where: hamster

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nervous	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 hamster	case
3	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grab	punct
5	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 grab	dep
6	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 nervous	parataxis
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grab	obj
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 b4	amod
9	b4	b4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 grab	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grab	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	infinitive		hamster				quick b4 obl	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	run	present	hamster						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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

Shake the cage to bring him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cage	det
3	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shake	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shake	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bring	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 bring	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	the cage					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cage=Patient
2	bring out	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Grab him fast with one hand before he's off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Grab	obj
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Grab	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hand	nummod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 's	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 's	nsubj
9	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 's	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	him = he				with one hand; fast property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	be off	present	he						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Move slowly and speak softly instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Move	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 speak	cc
4	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Move	conj
5	softly	softly	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	imperative	you not said here					slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	speak speech: other	present	you not said here					instead, softly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Shout so he stays still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 stays	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
5	still	still	ADV	_	4 stays	advmod

#	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	stay	present	he				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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