Test 17 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

heard a guy in Arizona picked up a dead rattlesnake for a photo and it bit him, the head was cut off and everything

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Arizona, rattlesnake · What happens: hear, pick up, bite, cut off · To what, where: guy, dead rattlesnake, Arizona, head

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 guy	det
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 picked	mark
5	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 picked	nsubj
6	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 picked	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rattlesnake	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rattlesnake	amod
10	rattlesnake	rattlesnake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picked	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 photo	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 photo	det
13	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picked	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bit	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bit	nsubj
16	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 picked	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bit	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cut	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 head	det
20	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cut	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 cut	aux:pass
22	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	parataxis
23	off	off	ADP	_	22 cut	compound:prt
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 everything	cc
25	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 cut	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past		a guy		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer guy=Stimulus
2	pick up	past	Arizona	a dead rattlesnake	for a photo	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rattlesnake=Topic
3	bite	past	rattlesnake	Arizona		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	cut off	past · passive		the head		vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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

Real lesson: snakes are safe once their head is off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 safe	punct
4	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
7	once	once	SCONJ	_	11 off	mark
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 off	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 off	cop
11	off	off	ADV	_	6 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	snakes					safe property	tree rules
2	is	present	snakes's head					off property	tree rules

Option 2

It means you should take photos from closer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 closer	case
8	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	should	you	photos		closer			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent photo=Theme from close=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: even a dead-looking snake can bite by reflex, so never touch one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 bite	punct
4	even	even	ADV	_	9 snake	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snake	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looking	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
8	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 snake	amod
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bite	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 bite	aux
11	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	parataxis
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 reflex	case
13	reflex	reflex	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bite	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 touch	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 touch	advmod
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 touch	advmod
17	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 bite	conj
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	bite	can	a looking snake		by reflex	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by reflex=Location
3	not touch	infinitive	a looking snake not said here	one		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme

Option 4

It proves only Arizona snakes are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 snakes	advmod
4	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 snakes	compound
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Arizona snakes					dangerous property	tree rules

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