Test 16 · Being gentle with small animals

did u hear a kid picked up a hamster standing up and it jumped and "died on the spot". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, hamster · What happens: hear, pick up, stand up, jump, die · To what, where: kid, hamster, lesson, spot

This is test 16 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kid	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 picked	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hamster	det
9	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picked	obj
10	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 hamster	acl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 standing	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 jumped	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 jumped	nsubj
14	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 died	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 died	punct
17	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 jumped	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 spot	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 spot	det
20	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 died	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 spot	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 jumped	punct
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jumped	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a kid		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
2	pick up	participle	a kid not said here	a hamster		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamster=Topic
3	stand up	gerund	a hamster not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	jump	past	hamster	lesson		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	die in a quote	past	hamster not said here		the spot	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Hold hamsters by the tail so they can't jump off your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 tail	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tail	det
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 jump	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jump	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 jump	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 jump	advmod
10	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 jump	compound:prt
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jump	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	hamsters				by the tail	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme by tail=Location
2	not jump off	can	hamsters = hamster	your hand					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sit low and hold small animals with both hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sit	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hold	cc
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hands	det
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here					low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	present	you not said here	small animals				with both hands	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 3

Only pick them up when they're asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 pick	advmod
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pick	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 pick	compound:prt
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 asleep	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asleep	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 asleep	cop
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
2	is	present	they					asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

Hold them high so they feel safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 feel	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feel	nsubj
6	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	advcl
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	them = they				high property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	feel	present	they					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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