Test 13 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

bee buzzing round my head, gonna swat it

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bee · What happens: buzz, swat · To what, where: head

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swat	nsubj
2	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 bee	acl
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buzzing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 swat	punct
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 swat	dep
8	swat	swat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 swat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	gerund	bee not said here					round my head	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swat	infinitive	bee	head					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

Wave your arms about really fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wave	obj
4	about	about	ADV	_	1 Wave	advmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Wave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	imperative	you not said here	your arms				about, fast property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2

Yes, swat it quick before it gets the chance to sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 swat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	swat	swat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swat	obj
5	quick	quick	ADV	_	3 swat	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 gets	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swat	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chance	det
10	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sting	mark
12	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 chance	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swat	imperative	you not said here	it	quick property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	get	present	it	the chance		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus
3	sting	to-infinitive		the chance not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, move away slowly, it stings if threatened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 move	punct
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 move	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 move	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stings	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stings	nsubj
8	stings	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 move	advcl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 threatened	mark
10	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stings	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	move away	imperative	you not said here	away, slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	sting	present	it		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
3	threaten a condition, not said to happen	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Shout at it really loud so it gets scared n goes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obl
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 loud	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 gets	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 goes	advcl
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gets	xcomp
10	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 goes	nsubj
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	parataxis
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	it	loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	it		scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	go away	present	n		away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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