Test 12 · ★ · Kindness to animals
theres a baby fox in the park, can i chase it lol
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: theres · What happens: chase · To what, where: park
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | theres | there | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 chase | nsubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fox | compound |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 theres | appos |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 park | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 park | det |
| 7 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fox | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 theres | punct |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 chase | aux |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 chase | nsubj |
| 11 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 chase | obj |
| 13 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 11 chase | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | can | theres | park | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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
Yes, foxes love to play chase with kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 play | mark |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 love | xcomp |
| 7 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 play | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 kids | case |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | foxes | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | foxes not said here | chase | with kids | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chase=Theme with kid=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Yes, catch it and take it home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 catch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 catch | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 take | cc |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 catch | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | imperative | you not said here | it | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | you not said here | it | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, watch it quietly from a distance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 watch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 watch | obj |
| 5 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 3 watch | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 distance | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 distance | det |
| 8 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | it | from a distance; quietly property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Throw your sandwich at it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | your sandwich | sandwich | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme at it=Destination |
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