Test 14 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

my uncle says a kid climbed into the lion bit at the zoo and "the lion just licked him". what's the bit to doubt

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, kid · What happens: say, climb, lick, be, doubt · To what, where: kid, lion bit, uncle, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 licked	nsubj
6	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kid	acl
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 bit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bit	compound
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbed	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 zoo	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 zoo	det
13	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbed	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lion	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 lion	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lion	det
17	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 zoo	conj
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 licked	advmod
19	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 licked	obj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 licked	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 bit	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 bit	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 bit	det
26	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
27	to	to	PART	_	28 doubt	mark
28	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	climb	participle		a kid not said here	the lion bit	at the zoo and the lion	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bit=Destination
3	lick in a quote	past	a kid	uncle			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source
4	is a	present		the bit			tree rules
5	doubt	to-infinitive	my uncle not said here				vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

The friendly lion; zoo animals are wild and dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lion	det
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lion	amod
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 wild	punct
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animals	compound
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wild	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wild	cop
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lion	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dangerous	cc
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wild	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	zoo animals	the friendly lion not said here				wild property	tree rules
2	be		zoo animals not said here						tree rules

Option 2

That barriers keep people out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 barriers	det
2	barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	3 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep out	present	that barriers	people					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme

Option 3

That zoos have lions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 zoos	det
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	that zoos	lions					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient

Option 4

That zoos have signs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 zoos	det
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	that zoos	signs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient

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