Test 17 · ★ · Kindness to animals

apparently a duck got its whole head stuck in one of those plastic can rings and choked, my nan saw it on the news. what's the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: duck, whole head, nan, real lesson · What happens: get, stick, ring, choke, see, be · To what, where: whole head, head, news

This is test 17 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 duck	det
3	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 head	amod
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rings	nsubj
8	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 head	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 stuck	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 plastic	case
12	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 plastic	det
13	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	nmod
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 rings	aux
15	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 choked	cc
17	choked	choke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 saw	punct
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 nan	nmod:poss
20	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 saw	nsubj
21	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 saw	obj
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 news	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 news	det
25	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 saw	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 got	parataxis
28	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 what	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 lesson	det
30	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 lesson	amod
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 what	nsubj
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	a duck			apparently property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stick	participle		duck's whole head not said here		in one of that plastic	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in one=Destination
3	ring	can	duck's whole head				tree rules
4	choke	past	a duck not said here				vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	see	past	my nan	head	the news		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	is a	present	the real lesson				tree rules

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

Ducks should just be kept away from parks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 parks	case
8	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	should · passive		Ducks		parks		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from park=Eventuality

Option 2

Only ducks ever get stuck, so it's really rare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 ducks	advmod
2	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rare	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 rare	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rare	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rare	cop
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 rare	advmod
11	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	ducks				ever	stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	it					rare property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cut plastic rings before you throw them away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rings	compound
3	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cut	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 throw	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 throw	nsubj
6	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cut	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 throw	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	plastic rings					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ring=Product
2	throw away	present	you	rings = ring				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Plastic rings are safe in the bin anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rings	amod
2	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bin	det
7	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 safe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Plastic rings			the bin		anyway, safe property	tree rules

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