Test 6 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed
A badger is trapped in a garden fence in Yorkshire. What should Ella do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: trap, do · To what, where: badger, garden fence
This is test 6 · ★★ 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 badger is trapped in a garden fence in Yorkshire.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 badger | det |
| 2 | badger | badger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trapped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trapped | aux:pass |
| 4 | trapped | trap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fence | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fence | det |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fence | compound |
| 8 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trapped | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Yorkshire | case |
| 10 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 fence | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trapped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | present · passive | a badger | a garden fence in Yorkshire | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in fence=Destination |
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 Ella 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 | Ella | Ella | 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 | Ella | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pull it out carefully with her bare hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pull | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 4 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 hands | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hands | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hands | amod |
| 8 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | imperative | you not said here | it | with her bare hands; carefully property | tree rules |
Option 2
Try to pick it up in a towel and carry it home to look after
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 pick | mark |
| 3 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Try | xcomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pick | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 pick | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 towel | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 towel | det |
| 8 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pick | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carry | cc |
| 10 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Try | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 carry | obj |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 carry | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 look | mark |
| 14 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 carry | advcl |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 look | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pick up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | a towel | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 3 | carry | infinitive | you not said here | towel | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 4 | look after | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Feed it until it is calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Feed | obj |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 calm | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 calm | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 calm | cop |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | it | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | calm property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Stay away and ask an adult to call a wildlife rescue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ask | cc |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 call | mark |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ask | xcomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 rescue | det |
| 10 | wildlife | wildlife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rescue | compound |
| 11 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | call not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | a wildlife rescue | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rescue=Recipient |
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