Test 17 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's food cos someone left toothpaste in the tent

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, bear, someone · What happens: say, come, eat, leave, be · To what, where: campsite, food, left toothpaste, tent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 toothpaste	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 campsite	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 campsite	det
11	campsite	campsite	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	conj
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 food	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 everyone	case
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	obj
17	cos	co	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 toothpaste	cop
18	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 toothpaste	nsubj
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 toothpaste	amod
20	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 tent	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 tent	det
23	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 toothpaste	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mum's mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	come	past	a bear		the campsite	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into campsite=Initial_Location
3	eat	past	a bear not said here	everyone's food		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
4	leave	participle				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is a	present	someone	left toothpaste	the tent	tree rules

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

Real lesson: bears only like toothpaste

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	_	4 bears	punct
4	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lesson	conj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 toothpaste	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 toothpaste	case
7	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bears	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

It proves camping is never safe anywhere

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	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safe	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 safe	advmod

#	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	not is	present	camping					anywhere, safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: store food and even toothpaste away from bears; the detail may be exaggerated

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	_	5 food	punct
4	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	compound
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	appos
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 toothpaste	cc
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 toothpaste	advmod
8	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 food	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 bears	case
11	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 away	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 lesson	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 detail	det
14	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 exaggerated	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 exaggerated	aux:pass
17	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	may · passive		the detail					tree rules

Option 4

It means bears are scared of tents

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	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scared	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 tents	case
7	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scared	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
2	is	present	bears					of tents; scared property	tree rules

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