Test 5 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

A friend in Queensland says that after a snake bite you should cut the bite and suck the poison out. What is TRUE?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: say, cut, suck out, be · To what, where: bite, poison · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A friend in Queensland says that after a snake bite you should cut the bite and suck the poison out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Queensland	case
4	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 cut	mark
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 bite	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bite	det
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bite	compound
10	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 cut	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cut	aux
13	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bite	det
15	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 suck	cc
17	suck	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 cut	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 poison	det
19	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 suck	obj
20	out	out	ADP	_	17 suck	compound:prt
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend in Queensland			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cut	should	you	the bite	after a snake bite	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Product
3	suck out	infinitive	you not said here	the poison		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent poison=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.

Sentence 2: What is TRUE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It is right for small snakes only

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 snakes	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 snakes	amod
6	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 snakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for small snakes; right property	tree rules

Option 2

That is right, as long as you do it in the very first minute after the bite

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 right	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 do	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 long	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 minute	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 minute	det
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 first	advmod
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 minute	amod
15	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 bite	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bite	det
18	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					long, right property	tree rules
2	do	present	you	it			after the bite; minute		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That is wrong: call the emergency number and keep the person still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 call	punct
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	parataxis
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
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 call	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	still	still	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That			wrong property	tree rules
2	call	infinitive		the emergency number			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient
3	keep	infinitive		the person	still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Option 4

Only sucking is right, cutting is too much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 sucking	advmod
2	sucking	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 much	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sucking	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cutting	punct
6	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sucking	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 much	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	suck	gerund			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		right property	tree rules
3	cut	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	sucking	much property	tree rules

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