Test 10 · Being gentle with small animals

how do i hold the guinea pig, by the ears?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: hold · To what, where: guinea pig

This is test 10 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hold	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	aux
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pig	det
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pig	compound
7	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ears	punct
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 ears	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ears	det
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · do-support	i	the guinea pig				by the ears	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pig=Theme by ear=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, two hands, support its body from under

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 support	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hands	nummod
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 support	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 support	punct
6	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 support	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	6 support	obl
10	under	under	ADP	_	9 from	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	infinitive	two hands	its body					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer body=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hold it tight around the middle so it can't wriggle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	tight	tight	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 middle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 middle	det
6	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 wriggle	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wriggle	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 wriggle	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wriggle	advmod
11	wriggle	wriggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		the middle		tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme around middle=Location
2	not wriggle	can	middle						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Hold it by the back legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 legs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 legs	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 legs	compound
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it				by the back legs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by leg=Location

Option 4

Yes, ears are the safest grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 grip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grip	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 grip	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grip	det
6	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 grip	amod
7	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ears	the safest grip					tree rules

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