Test 13 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

there's a snake on the path, looks dead

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: snake · What happens: be, look

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 path	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 looks	punct
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 's	conj
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a snake on the path			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	present	a snake on the path not said here					dead property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave it and walk well around it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walk	cc
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 walk	advmod
6	around	around	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here			it		well property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Trajectory

Option 2

Poke it with a long stick to see if it moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Poke	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	amod
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Poke	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Poke	advcl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 moves	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 moves	nsubj
11	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	poke	imperative	you not said here	it	with a long stick	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	move a condition, not said to happen	present	stick			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Pick it up to check if it's really dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 dead	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dead	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dead	cop
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 dead	advmod
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	check	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it		dead property	tree rules

Option 4

Step over it quickly n keep going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Step	nmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Step	advmod
5	n	n	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Step	advcl
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive							tree rules
2	go	gerund							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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