Test 12 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed
duck pond in florida, pond's fine to play by right
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pond pond · What happens: be, play
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pond | compound |
| 2 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pond | compound |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 florida | case |
| 4 | florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pond | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 pond | punct |
| 6 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fine | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 play | mark |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fine | csubj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 right | case |
| 12 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | pond pond | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | by right | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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, feed them if you see one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 feed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 feed | obj |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 feed | advcl |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | you | one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Careful, gators can live in small ponds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gators | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Careful | punct |
| 3 | gators | gator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | aux |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 ponds | case |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ponds | amod |
| 8 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | Careful gators | small ponds | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location |
Option 3
Yes, ponds are too small for them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 small | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 small | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 small | advmod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 small | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ponds | for them = they; small property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, gators only live in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 gators | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | gators | gator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | gators | the sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
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