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Test 4 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

The sign says «I bite». Your mate says «nah he won't, look at his face». What's smart?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign, mate · What happens: say, bite, not look, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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: The sign says «I bite».

detnsubjpunctnsubjccomppunctpunctrootTheDETsignNOUNsaysVERB«PUNCTIPRONbiteVERB»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 signdet
2signsignNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4««PUNCT_6 bitepunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 bitensubj
6bitebiteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
7»»PUNCT_6 bitepunct
8..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe signvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2bite in a quotepresentthe sign = signvn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: 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: Your mate says «nah he won't, look at his face».

nmod:possnsubjpunctdiscoursensubjauxadvmodpunctccompcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNsaysVERB«PUNCTnahINTJhePRONwoAUXn'tPART,PUNCTlookVERBatADPhisPRONfaceNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4««PUNCT_10 lookpunct
5nahnahINTJ_10 lookdiscourse
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 looknsubj
7wowillAUXVerbForm=Fin10 lookaux
8n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 lookadvmod
9,,PUNCT_8 n'tpunct
10looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
11atatADP_13 facecase
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 facenmod:poss
13facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing10 lookobl
14»»PUNCT_10 lookpunct
15..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour matevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not look in a quotefuturemateat mate's facevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=Theme

Sentence 3: What's smart?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXsmartADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 smartnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 smartcop
3smartsmartADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 smartpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentsmart propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Feed him with your fingers spread

iobjmarknmod:possnsubjadvclrootFeedVERBhimPRONwithSCONJyourPRONfingersNOUNspreadVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FeedfeedVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Feediobj
3withwithSCONJ_6 spreadmark
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 fingersnmod:poss
5fingersfingerNOUNNumber=Plur6 spreadnsubj
6spreadspreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Feedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedimperativeyou not said herehim = hevn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2spreadpresentyour fingersvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Feed him quickly before he notices

iobjadvmodmarknsubjadvclrootFeedVERBhimPRONquicklyADVbeforeSCONJhePRONnoticesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FeedfeedVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Feediobj
3quicklyquicklyADV_1 Feedadvmod
4beforebeforeSCONJ_6 noticesmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 noticesnsubj
6noticesnoticeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Feedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedimperativeyou not said herehim = hequickly propertyvn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2noticepresenthevn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Obey the sign and don't feed him

detobjccauxadvmodconjobjrootObeyVERBtheDETsignNOUNandCCONJdoAUXn'tPARTfeedVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ObeyobeyVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 signdet
3signsignNOUNNumber=Sing1 Obeyobj
4andandCCONJ_7 feedcc
5dodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin7 feedaux
6n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 feedadvmod
7feedfeedVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Obeyconj
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 feedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1obeyimperativeyou not said herethe signvn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2not feedinfinitive · do-supportyou not said herehim = hevn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

Only feed him if he's smiling at you

advmodobjmarknsubjauxadvclcaseoblrootOnlyADVfeedVERBhimPRONifSCONJhePRON'sAUXsmilingVERBatADPyouPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 feedadvmod
2feedfeedVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 feedobj
4ififSCONJ_7 smilingmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 smilingnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 smilingaux
7smilingsmileVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 feedadvcl
8atatADP_9 youcase
9youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs7 smilingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedimperativeyou not said herehim = hevn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2smile a condition, not said to happenpresent · progressiveheat youvn manner_speaking-37.3 «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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