Test 8 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals
A boy is bitten by a wild animal in the woods but the bite is small. What is the right step?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wild animal, bite, right step · What happens: bite, be · To what, where: boy, woods
This is test 8 · ★ 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 boy is bitten by a wild animal in the woods but the bite is small.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bitten | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bitten | aux:pass |
| 4 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 animal | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 animal | det |
| 7 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 animal | amod |
| 8 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bitten | obl:agent |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 woods | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 woods | det |
| 11 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bitten | obl |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 small | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bite | det |
| 14 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 small | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 small | cop |
| 16 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bitten | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bitten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present · passive | a wild animal | a boy | the woods | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient in wood=Location | |||
| 2 | is | present | the bite | small property | tree rules |
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 is the right step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 step | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Wash it and see a doctor quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wash | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 see | cc |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wash | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 doctor | det |
| 6 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | imperative | you not said here | it | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | you not said here | a doctor | quickly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |
Option 2
Cover it and tell nobody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cover | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cover | conj |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | it | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nobody | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |
Option 3
Wait until it gets infected, then see a doctor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 infected | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 infected | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 infected | aux:pass |
| 5 | infected | infect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 see | advmod |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | infect | present · passive | it | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | you not said here | a doctor | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Ignore it because it is small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 small | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 small | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ignore | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | small property | tree rules |
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