Test 8 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
A small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away. What would help next time?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: small boy, duck · What happens: run, shout, flap away, help · To what, where: farm
This is test 8 · ★ 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 small boy runs shouting towards a duck at the farm, and the duck flaps away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boy | amod |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 runs | xcomp |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 8 duck | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 duck | det |
| 8 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouting | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 farm | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 farm | det |
| 11 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouting | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 flaps | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 flaps | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 duck | det |
| 15 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 flaps | nsubj |
| 16 | flaps | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 runs | conj |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 flaps | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | a small boy | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | a small boy not said here | the farm | towards a duck | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards duck=Recipient | |||
| 3 | flap away | present | the duck | away property | vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: What would help next time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | time | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Running faster so the duck cannot escape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 escape | csubj |
| 2 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Running | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 duck | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 duck | det |
| 5 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Running | obl |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 escape | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 escape | advmod |
| 8 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | so the duck; fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not escape | can | Running | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Holding out his hands to grab it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Holding | compound:prt |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hands | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Holding | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 grab | mark |
| 6 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Holding | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 grab | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold out | gerund | his hands | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grab | to-infinitive | it | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Moving slowly and speaking softly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Moving | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 speaking | cc |
| 4 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Moving | conj |
| 5 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 4 speaking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | gerund | softly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Shouting louder so the duck knows he is there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 is | csubj |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Shouting | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 knows | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 duck | det |
| 5 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knows | nsubj |
| 6 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shouting | advcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 knows | obj |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 is | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know | present | the duck | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | be | present | Shouting | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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