Test 14 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

snake on the path, mate wants to catch it with a stick

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, snake · What happens: want, catch · To what, where: snake, mate

This is test 14 · ★★ 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	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	obl:unmarked
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 path	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 path	det
4	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 snake	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 snake	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 catch	mark
9	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	mate	snake on the path					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive	snake on the path not said here	mate				with a stick	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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

Yes, if he holds it behind the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 holds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 holds	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	obj
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	he	it		the head			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind head=Location

Option 2

Yes, if it looks small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 looks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 looks	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 looks	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looks	nsubj
5	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	it					small property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if he is fast enough to grab it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 fast	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 fast	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fast	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fast	cop
6	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	enough	enough	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 grab	mark
9	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fast	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grab	obj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 grab	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					enough, fast property	tree rules
2	grab	to-infinitive	he not said here	it				first property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, back away slowly and leave it alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 back	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 back	punct
3	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 back	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 back	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leave	cc
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 back	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	obj
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	infinitive		it				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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