Test 13 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

friend got bitten by a snake, suck it out like in films?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snake · What happens: bite, suck out · To what, where: friend

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bitten	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bitten	aux:pass
3	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 snake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bitten	obl:agent
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 suck	punct
8	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 bitten	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 suck	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 suck	compound:prt
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 films	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 films	case
13	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 suck	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 bitten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · passive	a snake	friend					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	suck out	infinitive		friend				like films	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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

Tie a cord tight above it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cord	det
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obj
4	tight	tight	ADV	_	1 Tie	advmod
5	above	above	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	a cord		cord		tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient

Option 2

Yes, suck it out quickly before it spreads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 suck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 suck	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	3 suck	compound:prt
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 suck	advmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 spreads	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spreads	nsubj
9	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 suck	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck out	imperative	you not said here	it				quickly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	spread	present	it						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Cut the bite open

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 bite	det
3	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obj
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cut	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	the bite				open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bite=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, keep him still and call for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	obj
5	still	still	ADV	_	3 keep	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 call	cc
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	him = he			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

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