Test 19 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely

my mate swears his uncle's cow chased him across a whole field and trampled his dog. probably true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, cow · What happens: swear, chase, trample · To what, where: true lesson, mate, whole field, dog

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	nsubj
3	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 uncle	nmod:poss
5	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cow	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 uncle	case
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	nsubj
8	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swears	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chased	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	13 field	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 field	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 field	amod
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trampled	cc
15	trampled	trample	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chased	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dog	nmod:poss
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trampled	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct
19	probably	probably	ADV	_	20 true	advmod
20	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lesson	amod
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	swear	present	my mate	true lesson		tree rules
2	chase	past	mate's uncle's cow	mate	a whole field	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme across field=Trajectory
3	trample	past	mate's uncle's cow not said here	mate's dog		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

Cows are harmless, so just walk straight through them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	parataxis
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cows					harmless property	tree rules
2	walk	infinitive						through Cows = cow; straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory

Option 2

Run through the field as fast as you can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	4 field	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 can	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 can	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the field		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through field=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Let the dog off its lead so it can scare the cows away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 lead	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lead	nmod:poss
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 scare	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 scare	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 scare	aux
10	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cows	det
12	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scare	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	10 scare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the dog				off dog's lead	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	scare away	can	dog	the cows				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cow=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cows protect calves; walk calmly round the edge, dog on lead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	nsubj
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 protect	conj
6	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dog	punct
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 lead	case
13	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	Cows		calves				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Beneficiary
2	walk	infinitive	Cows not said here			lead		round the edge and dog; calmly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory

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