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Test 5 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

A boy in Perth gets swooped by a magpie on his way to school each spring. Which plan is cleverest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: magpie, plan · What happens: swoop, be · To what, where: boy, way

This is test 5 · ★★ 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 boy in Perth gets swooped by a magpie on his way to school each spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swooped	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Perth	case
4	Perth	Perth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 swooped	aux:pass
6	swooped	swoop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 magpie	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 magpie	det
9	magpie	magpie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swooped	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 way	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 way	nmod:poss
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swooped	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 school	case
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 way	nmod
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 spring	det
16	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swooped	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 swooped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop	present · passive	a magpie	a boy in Perth		boy's way to school	spring		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.

Sentence 2: Which plan is cleverest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleverest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cleverest	cop
4	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cleverest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which plan					clever property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Climb the tree to take the nest down so it goes away for good

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	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 take	mark
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Climb	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nest	det
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	5 take	compound:prt
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 goes	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 goes	nsubj
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Climb	advcl
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 goes	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here	the tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	take down	to-infinitive	you not said here	the nest					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Theme
3	go away	present	nest					for good; away property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Take another way round the nest for a few weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 nest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nest	det
6	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 weeks	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 weeks	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weeks	amod
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	another way			week	round the nest	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme

Option 3

Throw stones at the bird every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bird	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	stones			day	at the bird	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at bird=Destination

Option 4

Wave his arms wildly when it comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wave	obj
4	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	1 Wave	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 comes	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	imperative	you not said here	his arms				wildly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	come	present	it						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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