Test 2 · Hiking and the outdoors

A boy finds a tick on his leg after playing in the long grass in Wisconsin. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: find, play, do · To what, where: tick, leg, long grass

This is test 2 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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 boy finds a tick on his leg after playing in the long grass in Wisconsin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finds	nsubj
3	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tick	det
5	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finds	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 leg	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leg	nmod:poss
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finds	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 playing	mark
10	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 finds	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 grass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grass	amod
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Wisconsin	case
16	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	a boy	a tick		boy's leg			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tick=Topic
2	play	gerund	a boy not said here			the long grass		in Wisconsin	vn performance-26.7-1 «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 should he 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	boy						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Leave it alone until it drops off by itself, which is the safest way

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 drops	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drops	nsubj
6	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 drops	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 drops	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 way	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 way	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 way	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
14	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 way	amod
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	drop off	present	it		by itself = it	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory
3	is a	present		the safest way		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult so they can remove it with fine tweezers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 remove	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 remove	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 remove	aux
7	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 remove	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 tweezers	case
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tweezers	amod
11	tweezers	tweezer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
2	remove	can	they	adult				with fine tweezers	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Burn it off with a hot match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Burn	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Burn	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 match	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 match	det
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 match	amod
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn off	imperative	you not said here	it				with a hot match	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with match=Instrument

Option 4

Pull hard with his fingers and squeeze its body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pull	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 fingers	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fingers	nmod:poss
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pull	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 squeeze	cc
7	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 body	nmod:poss
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squeeze	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here					with his fingers; hard property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with finger=Beneficiary
2	squeeze	infinitive	you not said here	its body					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme

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