Test 15 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: snakes · What happens: bite · To what, where: most ppl

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 bitten	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bitten	aux
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 ppl	amod
4	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	6 bitten	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bitten	aux:pass
6	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 snakes	case
8	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bitten	obl
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 bitten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present · passive · do-support	snakes	most ppl				anyway property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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

Snakes chase anyone who walks past them on a path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chase	nsubj
2	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 chase	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 walks	nsubj
5	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 anyone	acl:relcl
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walks	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 path	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 path	det
10	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	Snakes	anyone					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
2	walk	present				a path		past Snakes = snake	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory

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

They try to grab, kill or move the snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 try	nsubj
2	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 grab	mark
4	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kill	punct
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grab	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 move	cc
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grab	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snake	det
10	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	present	They		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	grab not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	kill	infinitive	They not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	move	infinitive	They not said here	the snake	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme snake=Result

Option 3

Snakes hunt people on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	nsubj
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Snakes	people		purpose			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme on purpose=Location

Option 4

Snakes bite whenever they get hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bite	nsubj
2	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 get	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bite	advcl
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	Snakes						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	Snakes = snake					hungry, whenever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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