Test 17 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

heard Josh's two hamsters had a massive fight and one died, his mum said they were brothers

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: two hamsters, one, mum, hamsters · What happens: hear, have, die, say, be · To what, where: massive fight, brothers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	advcl
2	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hamsters	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Josh	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hamsters	nummod
5	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 said	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fight	det
8	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fight	amod
9	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 died	cc
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 died	nsubj
12	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mum	nmod:poss
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 brothers	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 brothers	cop
19	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	Josh's two hamsters not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	have	past	Josh's two hamsters	a massive fight	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient
3	die	past	one		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	say speech: assert	past	Josh's mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	past	hamsters = hamster	brothers	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Real lesson: hamster brothers always get along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 brothers	punct
4	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brothers	compound
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	along	along	ADV	_	7 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get along	present	hamster brothers	Real lesson				along, always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It proves hamsters are dangerous to people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	hamsters					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme
2	is	present						to people; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

It is gossip, so two hamsters can share a cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 share	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 share	advmod
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hamsters	nummod
7	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 share	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 share	aux
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cage	det
11	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	share	can	two hamsters	a cage					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: adult Syrian hamsters fight, so each lives alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 fight	punct
4	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hamsters	amod
5	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hamsters	amod
6	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fight	nsubj
7	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lives	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 lives	advmod
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 lives	nsubj
11	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 lives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present	adult Syrian hamsters						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	live	present	each					alone property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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