Test 7 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
A girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: drop, do · To what, where: hat, enclosure
This is test 7 · ★ 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 girl at the zoo drops her hat into the lion's enclosure.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drops | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 zoo | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 zoo | det |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drops | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 enclosure | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lion | det |
| 11 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 enclosure | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 lion | case |
| 13 | enclosure | enclosure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drops | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 drops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | a girl at the zoo | girl's hat | the lion's enclosure | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hat=Theme into enclosure=Destination |
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 should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Use a long stick to reach over the fence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stick | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stick | amod |
| 4 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reach | mark |
| 6 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | advcl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 fence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fence | det |
| 9 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reach | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a long stick | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reach | to-infinitive | you not said here | the fence | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over fence=Path |
Option 2
Climb the fence quickly while the lions sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fence | det |
| 3 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Climb | advmod |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 sleep | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lions | det |
| 7 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Climb | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the fence | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme | |||
| 2 | sleep | present | the lions | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a zoo keeper and stay behind the barrier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 keeper | det |
| 3 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeper | compound |
| 4 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stay | cc |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 9 barrier | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 barrier | det |
| 9 | barrier | barrier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a zoo keeper | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent keeper=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | you not said here | the barrier | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location |
Option 4
Ask a friend to hold her while she leans over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hold | obj |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 leans | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 leans | nsubj |
| 9 | leans | lean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hold | advcl |
| 10 | over | over | ADV | _ | 9 leans | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hold not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | friend | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lean over | present | friend | over property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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