Test 12 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snake, tv · What happens: bite, say, suck out · To what, where: brother, poison · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
6	tv	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bit	conj
8	suck	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poison	det
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suck	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	8 suck	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bite	past	snake	my brother	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	tv		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	suck out	infinitive		the poison	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent poison=Source

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

Cut the bite so the poison drains out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bite	det
3	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 drains	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poison	det
6	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drains	nsubj
7	drains	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cut	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 drains	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here	the bite					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bite=Product
2	drain out	present	the poison						vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 2

Make him run to the nearest house for help, quick as he can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 quick	punct
11	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 help	amod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 can	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 can	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 quick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	run	infinitive	him = he not said here					to the nearest house result; for help	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, call the emergency number and keep him calm and still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 number	compound
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 call	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 still	cc
12	still	still	ADV	_	10 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here	the emergency number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	him = he				calm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Yes, suck it out as fast as you can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 suck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 suck	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	3 suck	compound:prt
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 suck	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 can	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 can	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck out	imperative	you not said here	it				fast property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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