Test 6 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care
A child picks up a rabbit, it kicks hard and falls to the floor. Why is this so dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, this · What happens: pick up, kick, fall, be · To what, where: rabbit
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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 child picks up a rabbit, it kicks hard and falls to the floor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 picks | nsubj |
| 3 | picks | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 picks | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rabbit | det |
| 6 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 picks | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 kicks | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 kicks | nsubj |
| 9 | kicks | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 picks | conj |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 kicks | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 falls | cc |
| 12 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 kicks | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 floor | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 floor | det |
| 15 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 falls | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 picks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | present | a child | a rabbit | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Topic | ||||
| 2 | kick | present | child | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fall | present | child not said here | to the floor | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme |
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: Why is this so dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 dangerous | advmod |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A rabbit can break its back if it falls or kicks out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 break | aux |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 falls | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 falls | nsubj |
| 9 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 break | advcl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 kicks | cc |
| 11 | kicks | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 falls | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 kicks | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | can | a rabbit | rabbit's back | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fall a condition, not said to happen | present | rabbit | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | kick out | present | rabbit not said here | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The rabbit's ears can get hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ears | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 rabbit | case |
| 4 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | can · passive | the rabbit's ears | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The rabbit will run away and hide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 run | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hide | cc |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | future | the rabbit | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | the rabbit not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Rabbits cannot land on their feet at all, unlike cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 land | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 land | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 land | advmod |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 feet | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 feet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 land | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 land | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cats | punct |
| 11 | unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 12 cats | case |
| 12 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not land | can | Rabbits | Rabbits's feet | at all; unlike cats | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on foot=Destination |
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