Test 17 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

did u hear, a kid at camp got bit by a snake and they reckon his whole leg went black and fell off?? what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, they, whole leg · What happens: hear, get, reckon, go, fall off, be · To what, where: bit, real lesson

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 camp	case
8	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kid	nmod
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 snake	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 snake	det
13	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 reckon	cc
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 reckon	nsubj
16	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 got	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 leg	nmod:poss
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 leg	amod
19	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	nsubj
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 reckon	ccomp
21	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 went	xcomp
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fell	cc
23	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 went	conj
24	off	off	ADP	_	23 fell	compound:prt
25	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 lesson	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 lesson	cop
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 lesson	det
29	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 lesson	amod
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	get	past	a kid at camp	bit	by a snake	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus
3	reckon	present	they			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	go	past	kid's whole leg		black property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fall off	past	kid's whole leg not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6	is a	present		the real lesson		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

Snakes chase kids, so never go camping at all

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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chase	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 chase	conj
8	camping	camp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 go	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 camping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	chase	present	Snakes	kids		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
2	not go	present	Snakes not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	camp	gerund	Snakes not said here		all	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 2

Suck the bite hard before the poison spreads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suck	suck	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 Suck	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Suck	advmod
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 spreads	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poison	det
7	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreads	nsubj
8	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Suck	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	imperative	you not said here	the bite				hard property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bite=Source
2	spread	present	the poison						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave snakes alone, and after a bite keep still and call for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keep	cc
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 bite	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bite	det
8	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obl
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
10	still	still	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 call	cc
12	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 keep	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 help	case
14	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	snakes		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here		after a bite; still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	call	infinitive	you not said here			for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 4

Always kill any snake you see near a camp, just to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 kill	advmod
2	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kill	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 snake	acl:relcl
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 camp	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 camp	det
9	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 safe	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 safe	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 safe	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 safe	cop
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kill	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kill	imperative	you not said here	any snake		always property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme
2	see	present	you	any snake not said here	a camp		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Stimulus
3	is	to-infinitive				safe property	tree rules

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