Test 9 · Being gentle with small animals

hamster hiding in his house, wanna cuddle him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hamster · What happens: hide, cuddle · To what, where: house, him

This is test 9 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	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cuddle	nsubj
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 hamster	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 house	nmod:poss
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cuddle	punct
7	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 cuddle	dep
8	cuddle	cuddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cuddle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund	hamster not said here			hamster's house			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location
2	cuddle	infinitive	hamster	him = he					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave him be, let him come out when ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 ready	advmod
10	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 come	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
2	be	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
4	come out	infinitive	him = he not said here		out, ready property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Tap the cage to wake him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cage	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cage	det
3	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wake	mark
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cage	acl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wake	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	to-infinitive		him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Pull him out gently by the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pull	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Pull	compound:prt
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 tail	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tail	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	imperative	you not said here	him = he				by the tail; gently property	tree rules

Option 4

Shake the little house till he comes out to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 house	amod
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shake	obj
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 comes	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shake	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 comes	compound:prt
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 comes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	the little house	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent house=Patient
2	come out	present	he		tree rules
3	play	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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