Test 13 · ★ · Bees, wasps and stings

wasp's nest in the shed, poke it down with a stick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nest · What happens: poke down · To what, where: shed

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 24 «Bees, wasps and stings» 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	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nest	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 wasp	case
3	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 poke	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 shed	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shed	det
6	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nest	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 poke	punct
8	poke	poke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 poke	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	8 poke	compound:prt
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 poke	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 poke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke down	infinitive	wasp's nest in the shed	shed				with a stick	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument

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

Yes, if you wear a hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hat	det
7	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	you	a hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 2

Yes, quickly before they wake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 wake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 wake	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 wake	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wake	nsubj
6	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	they					quickly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Yes, throw stones at it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 throw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 throw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 throw	obl

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, never poke a nest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 poke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 poke	advmod
4	poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nest	det
6	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not poke	imperative	you not said here	a nest					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nest=Theme

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