Test 8 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal
A rattlesnake rattles and then a hiker backs away. How did the rattle help the snake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rattlesnake, hiker, rattle · What happens: rattle, back away, help · To what, where: snake
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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 rattlesnake rattles and then a hiker backs away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rattlesnake | det |
| 2 | rattlesnake | rattlesnake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rattles | nsubj |
| 3 | rattles | rattle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 backs | cc |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 backs | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hiker | det |
| 7 | hiker | hiker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 backs | nsubj |
| 8 | backs | back | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rattles | conj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 backs | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rattles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rattle | present | a rattlesnake | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | back away | present | a hiker | then | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: How did the rattle help the snake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 help | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rattle | det |
| 4 | rattle | rattle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | nsubj |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snake | det |
| 7 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past · do-support | the rattle | the snake | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It avoided a fight and kept its venom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 avoided | nsubj |
| 2 | avoided | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fight | det |
| 4 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 avoided | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kept | cc |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 avoided | conj |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 venom | nmod:poss |
| 8 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | past | It | a fight | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent fight=Location | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | fight's venom | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Theme |
Option 2
It scared away its own babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 scared | advmod |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 babies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 babies | amod |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 scared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare away | past | It | its own babies | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus baby=Experiencer |
Option 3
It called other snakes nearby to come and help it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 snakes | amod |
| 4 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 called | obj |
| 5 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 2 called | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 come | mark |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 called | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 help | cc |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 come | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | It | other snakes | nearby property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient | |||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | help | infinitive | it | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
Option 4
It caught its dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caught | nsubj |
| 2 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | It | its dinner | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme |
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