Test 6 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
Hiking in Alaska, a family meets a brown bear on the path. Which action is safest?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, action · What happens: hike, meet, be · To what, where: Alaska, brown bear, path
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Hiking in Alaska, a family meets a brown bear on the path.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiking | hike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 meets | advcl |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Alaska | case |
| 3 | Alaska | Alaska | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiking | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hiking | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meets | nsubj |
| 7 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bear | det |
| 9 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bear | amod |
| 10 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meets | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 path | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 path | det |
| 13 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meets | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 meets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hike | gerund | a family not said here | Alaska | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alaska=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | meet | present | a family | a brown bear | the path | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-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.
Sentence 2: Which action is safest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 safest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safest | cop |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 safest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which action | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Scream and run in different directions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scream | scream | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 run | cc |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Scream | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 directions | case |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 directions | amod |
| 6 | directions | direction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | run | infinitive | you not said here | different directions | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |
Option 2
Throw food at the bear and walk past it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 bear | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bear | det |
| 5 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Throw | conj |
| 8 | past | past | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | food | the bear | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent food=Theme at bear=Destination | |||
| 2 | walk | infinitive | you not said here | bear | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past it=Trajectory |
Option 3
Lie down and pretend to sleep straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Lie | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pretend | cc |
| 4 | pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lie | conj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sleep | mark |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pretend | xcomp |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 sleep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | imperative | you not said here | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pretend | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | sleep | to-infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay together, speak calmly and back away slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 speak | punct |
| 4 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 4 speak | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 away | cc |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 calmly | conj |
| 9 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay together | imperative | you not said here | together property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | calmly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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