Test 8 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

Why is it unkind to stamp on beetles for fun?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, stamp

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 unkind	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unkind	nsubj
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stamp	mark
6	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unkind	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 beetles	case
8	beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stamp	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 fun	case
10	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stamp	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 unkind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					unkind property	tree rules
2	stamp	to-infinitive						on beetles; for fun	vn image_impression-25.1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Stamping makes your shoes smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stamping	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nmod:poss
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stamp	gerund			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		your shoes	tree rules
3	smell	present	your shoes not said here		vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Every small creature has a job in nature and can be hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 creature	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 nature	case
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hurt	cc
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hurt	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 hurt	aux:pass
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	every small creature	a job		nature			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient
2	hurt	can · passive	every small creature not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 3

Beetles will come back later to bite you in your sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 come	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 bite	mark
7	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bite	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sleep	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sleep	nmod:poss
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come back	future	Beetles			late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bite	to-infinitive	Beetles not said here	you	your sleep		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Patient in sleep=Location
3	sleep		your				nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Beetles are protected only on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protected	aux:pass
3	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Sundays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Sundays	case
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive		Beetles			sunday		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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