Test 3 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals
A girl in Texas sees a bat flopping on the porch in the daytime. Which plan is safest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, bat, plan · What happens: see, flop, be · To what, where: bat, porch
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Texas sees a bat flopping on the porch in the daytime.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bat | det |
| 7 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | flopping | flop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 bat | acl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 porch | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 porch | det |
| 11 | porch | porch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flopping | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 daytime | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 daytime | det |
| 14 | daytime | daytime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flopping | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Texas | a bat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bat=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | flop | gerund | a bat not said here | the porch | in the daytime | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on porch=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.
Sentence 2: Which plan is safest?
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 safest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safest | cop |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 safest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which plan | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep away and get an adult to call for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 get | cc |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 call | mark |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | call | to-infinitive | a adult not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 2
Wrap it in a towel and hold it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrap | wrap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wrap | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 towel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 towel | det |
| 5 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wrap | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hold | cc |
| 7 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wrap | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | imperative | you not said here | it | a towel | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in towel=Destination | |||
| 2 | hold | infinitive | you not said here | towel | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Feed it some fruit
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 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 fruit | det |
| 4 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obj |
| # | 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-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient fruit=Theme |
Option 4
Pick it up gently to help it fly back to its home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Pick | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 fly | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 home | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 home | nmod:poss |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | gently property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly back | infinitive | to its home result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to home=Result |
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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