Test 4 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed
A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail. What should they do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, they · What happens: meet, close up, do · To what, where: bear, trail
This is test 4 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Alaska | case |
| 4 | Alaska | Alaska | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bear | det |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meets | obj |
| 8 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 meets | xcomp |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 close | compound:prt |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 trail | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 trail | det |
| 12 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 close | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 meets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | present | a family in Alaska | a bear | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | close up | infinitive | a family in Alaska not said here | a trail | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 they 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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 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 | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Split up and run in different directions so it gets confused
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split | split | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Split | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 run | cc |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Split | conj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 directions | case |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 directions | amod |
| 7 | directions | direction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | obl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 gets | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Split | advcl |
| 11 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split up | imperative | you not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | run | present | you not said here | different directions | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | get | present | it | confused property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Climb the nearest small tree at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 3 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 tree | amod |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tree | amod |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the nearest small tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stay together, back away slowly and talk calmly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 back | punct |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 talk | cc |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 9 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 8 talk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay together | imperative | you not said here | away, together property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | calmly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Shout and charge straight at the bear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 charge | cc |
| 3 | charge | charge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 3 charge | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 bear | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bear | det |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charge | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | charge | infinitive | you not said here | the bear | straight property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bear=Trajectory |
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