Test 10 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
mate got bit by a snake on the trail
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: get · To what, where: bit, trail
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» 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 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 snake | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 snake | det |
| 6 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 trail | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trail | det |
| 9 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | mate | bit | the trail | by a snake | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bit=Theme on trail=Source |
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
Run him to the car fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Run | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the car | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to car=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Keep him still, call the emergency number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 call | punct |
| 5 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 7 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 number | compound |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | him = he | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | the emergency number | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |
Option 3
Cut the bite open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bite | det |
| 3 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cut | obj |
| 4 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cut | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | imperative | you not said here | the bite | open property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bite=Product |
Option 4
Suck the poison out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suck | suck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 poison | det |
| 3 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Suck | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Suck | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck out | imperative | you not said here | the poison | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent poison=Source |
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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