Test 12 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

lizard ran off so i grabbed its tail, oops it came off??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lizard, i · What happens: run off, grab, oop, come off · To what, where: tail

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 grabbed	advmod
5	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 grabbed	nsubj
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 oops	punct
10	oops	oop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 oops	ccomp
13	off	off	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run off	past	lizard			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grab	past	i	lizard's tail		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
3	oop	present				tree rules
4	come off	past	lizard		off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Glue it back on and it will heal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glue	glue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Glue	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	4 on	advmod
4	on	on	ADV	_	1 Glue	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heal	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heal	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 heal	aux
8	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Glue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glue	imperative	you not said here	it					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	heal	future	it						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

Many lizards drop their tail, never hold it there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lizards	amod
2	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drop	nsubj
3	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drop	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hold	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 hold	advmod
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 drop	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hold	obj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	Many lizards	lizards's tail					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
2	not hold	infinitive	Many lizards not said here	tail		there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

That means you killed the lizard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 killed	nsubj
4	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lizard	det
6	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	That						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	past	you	the lizard					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme

Option 4

Tails come off only on lizards that are already very sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 come	compound:prt
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 lizards	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 lizards	case
6	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sick	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sick	cop
9	already	already	ADV	_	11 sick	advmod
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 sick	advmod
11	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lizards	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come off	present	Tails			lizards			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on lizard=Location
2	is	present	lizards					sick property	tree rules

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