Test 18 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

my cousin reckons if a snake bites u, u suck the poison out like in the films

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, snake, u · What happens: reckon, bite, suck out · To what, where: u, poison

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 bites	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	nsubj
7	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	advcl
8	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bites	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 suck	punct
10	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 suck	nsubj
11	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 poison	det
13	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 suck	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	11 suck	compound:prt
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 films	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 films	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 films	det
18	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 suck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	bite a condition, not said to happen	present	a snake	u		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
3	suck out	present	u	the poison	like the films	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent poison=Source

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

He is right, sucking removes the venom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sucking	punct
5	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 removes	nsubj
6	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 venom	det
8	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	suck	gerund				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	remove	present		the venom		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Theme

Option 2

He is right, but only for small snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 snakes	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 snakes	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 snakes	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 snakes	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snakes	amod
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					for small snakes; right property	tree rules

Option 3

He is right, if you then tie a tight cord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tie	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 tie	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tie	nsubj
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 tie	advmod
8	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cord	det
10	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cord	amod
11	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tie	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	tie a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a tight cord			then		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; never cut or suck a bite, keep the person still and call the emergency number

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 cut	advmod
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrong	parataxis
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 suck	cc
6	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bite	det
8	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suck	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	still	still	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 call	cc
15	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 number	det
17	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 number	compound
18	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not cut	infinitive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	suck	infinitive	a bite		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bite=Source
3	keep	infinitive	the person	still	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
4	call	infinitive	the emergency number		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient

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