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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.

advclcaseoblpunctdetnsubjdetamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootHikingVERBinADPAlaskaPROPN,PUNCTaDETfamilyNOUNmeetsVERBaDETbrownADJbearNOUNonADPtheDETpathNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HikinghikeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 meetsadvcl
2ininADP_3 Alaskacase
3AlaskaAlaskaPROPNNumber=Sing1 Hikingobl
4,,PUNCT_1 Hikingpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 familydet
6familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing7 meetsnsubj
7meetsmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 beardet
9brownbrownADJDegree=Pos10 bearamod
10bearbearNOUNNumber=Sing7 meetsobj
11ononADP_13 pathcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 pathdet
13pathpathNOUNNumber=Sing7 meetsobl
14..PUNCT_7 meetspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hikegerunda family not said hereAlaskavn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alaska=Trajectory
2meetpresenta familya brown bearthe pathvn 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?

detnsubjcoppunctrootWhichDETactionNOUNisAUXsafestADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 actiondet
2actionactionNOUNNumber=Sing4 safestnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 safestcop
4safestsafeADJDegree=Suprootroot
5??PUNCT_4 safestpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwhich actionsafe propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Scream and run in different directions

ccconjcaseamodoblrootScreamVERBandCCONJrunVERBinADPdifferentADJdirectionsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ScreamscreamVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2andandCCONJ_3 runcc
3runrunVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Screamconj
4ininADP_6 directionscase
5differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos6 directionsamod
6directionsdirectionNOUNNumber=Plur3 runobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1scream speech: expressimperativeyou not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2runinfinitiveyou not said heredifferent directionsvn 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

objcasedetoblccconjcaseoblrootThrowVERBfoodNOUNatADPtheDETbearNOUNandCCONJwalkVERBpastADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThrowthrowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing1 Throwobj
3atatADP_5 bearcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 beardet
5bearbearNOUNNumber=Sing1 Throwobl
6andandCCONJ_7 walkcc
7walkwalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Throwconj
8pastpastADP_9 itcase
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 walkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1throwimperativeyou not said herefoodthe bearvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent food=Theme at bear=Destination
2walkinfinitiveyou not said herebearvn 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

advmodccconjmarkxcompadvmodadvmodrootLieVERBdownADVandCCONJpretendVERBtoPARTsleepVERBstraightADVawayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LielieVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2downdownADV_1 Lieadvmod
3andandCCONJ_4 pretendcc
4pretendpretendVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Lieconj
5totoPART_6 sleepmark
6sleepsleepVERBVerbForm=Inf4 pretendxcomp
7straightstraightADV_8 awayadvmod
8awayawayADV_6 sleepadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lie downimperativeyou not said heredown propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2pretendinfinitiveyou not said heretree rules
3sleepto-infinitiveyou not said hereaway propertyvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay together, speak calmly and back away slowly

advmodpunctconjadvmodccadvmodconjadvmodrootStayVERBtogetherADV,PUNCTspeakVERBcalmlyADVandCCONJbackADVawayADVslowlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StaystayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2togethertogetherADV_1 Stayadvmod
3,,PUNCT_4 speakpunct
4speakspeakVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Stayconj
5calmlycalmlyADV_4 speakadvmod
6andandCCONJ_8 awaycc
7backbackADV_8 awayadvmod
8awayawayADV_5 calmlyconj
9slowlyslowlyADV_8 awayadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stay togetherimperativeyou not said heretogether propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2speak speech: otherinfinitiveyou not said herecalmly propertyvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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