Test 11 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: be · To what, where: Queensland

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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	theres	there	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 snake	det
3	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 theres	appos
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 shed	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shed	det
6	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snake	nmod
7	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 theres	punct
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 Queensland	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 Queensland	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Queensland	case
11	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 theres	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	we			Queensland			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 · ← Mova's choice

Poke it so it slithers away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Poke	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 slithers	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slithers	nsubj
5	slithers	slither	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Poke	advcl
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 slithers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	imperative	you not said here	it					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	slither away	present	it					away property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Go closer to see what kind it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
5	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	kind	what kind		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Keep away, keep pets in, call an adult or snake catcher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	4 keep	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 catcher	cc
12	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catcher	compound
13	catcher	catcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here			away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	keep in	infinitive	you not said here	pets			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme
3	call	infinitive	you not said here		a adult or snake catcher		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Catch it with a stick and throw it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Catch	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 stick	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Catch	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 throw	cc
7	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Catch	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	imperative	you not said here	it				with a stick	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	throw	infinitive	you not said here	stick					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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