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Test 2 · ★ · Kindness to animals

Two children want to see a lizard on a wall in Arizona. Which one is more likely to see it up close?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children, one · What happens: want, see, be · To what, where: lizard, wall

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Two children want to see a lizard on a wall in Arizona.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 children	nummod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lizard	det
7	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Arizona	case
12	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 wall	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Two children						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	Two children not said here	a lizard		a wall in Arizona			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lizard=Stimulus

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: Which one is more likely to see it up close?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 likely	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 likely	cop
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 likely	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	up	up	ADV	_	10 close	advmod
10	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 see	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which one					likely property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	which one not said here	lizard				close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

The one who throws a ball at the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 throws	nsubj
4	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throws	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	the one	a ball		the wall			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme at wall=Destination

Option 2

The one who shouts its name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 shouts	nsubj
4	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shouts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	the one	its name					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name		its = it						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The one who moves slowly and stays quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 moves	nsubj
4	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 moves	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stays	cc
7	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moves	conj
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the one					slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	stay	present	the one not said here					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The one who runs fast to catch it before it hides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hides	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 runs	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 catch	mark
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 runs	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catch	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catch	obl
11	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	the one					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	catch	to-infinitive	the one not said here	it			before it		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	hide	present	the one						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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