Test 9 · ★ · Kindness to animals

cans had those plastic rings, just bin them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cans · What happens: have, bin · To what, where: plastic rings, rings

This is test 9 · ★ 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	cans	can	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 rings	det
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rings	amod
5	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bin	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 bin	advmod
8	bin	bin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bin	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	cans	that plastic rings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
2	bin	infinitive	cans not said here	rings = ring					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cut the rings first so animals don't get trapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rings	det
3	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cut	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Cut	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 trapped	mark
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 trapped	nsubj:pass
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trapped	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 trapped	advmod
9	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 trapped	aux:pass
10	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Cut	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	the rings				first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ring=Product
2	not trap	present · passive · do-support		animals					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Throw them in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	them = they		the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in river=Destination

Option 3

Keep them as bracelets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 bracelets	case
4	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	them = they				as bracelets	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Bin them whole, it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bin	bin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bin	obj
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bin	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bin	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bin	imperative	you not said here	them = they				whole property	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	is	present	you not said here					fine property	tree rules

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