Test 4 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions
Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake. What should Noah do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rattlesnake, Noah · What happens: bite, do · To what, where: dad, ankle
This is test 4 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Noah's dad in Texas is bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bitten | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Texas | case |
| 5 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bitten | aux:pass |
| 7 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 ankle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ankle | det |
| 10 | ankle | ankle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bitten | obl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 rattlesnake | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 rattlesnake | det |
| 13 | rattlesnake | rattlesnake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bitten | obl:agent |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bitten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present · passive | a rattlesnake | Noah's dad in Texas | the ankle | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient on ankle=Location |
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.
Sentence 2: What should Noah do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Noah | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tie a shoelace tightly round his leg above the bite
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 shoelace | det |
| 3 | shoelace | shoelace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obj |
| 4 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 1 Tie | advmod |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 7 leg | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 leg | nmod:poss |
| 7 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obl |
| 8 | above | above | ADP | _ | 10 bite | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bite | det |
| 10 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leg | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | imperative | you not said here | a shoelace | round his leg above the bite; tightly property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoelace=Patient |
Option 2
Suck the venom out of the bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suck | suck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 venom | det |
| 3 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Suck | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 bite | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 bite | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bite | det |
| 7 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Suck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck | imperative | you not said here | the venom | the bite | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent venom=Theme out bite=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Call 911 and help his dad stay calm and still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 911 | 911 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 help | cc |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obj |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 8 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stay | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 1 Call | cc |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Call | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | 911 | still | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient | |||
| 2 | help | infinitive | you not said here | his dad | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stay | infinitive | his dad not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Make his dad walk fast to the car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walk | nsubj |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Make | parataxis |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 walk | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 car | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 car | det |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | walk | present | his dad | the car | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to car=Destination |
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