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Test 7 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run. Why is running dangerous?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, little brother · What happens: see, start, run, be · To what, where: bear

This is test 7 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 trip	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trip	det
5	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trip	compound
6	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 starts	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brother	nmod:poss
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 brother	amod
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 starts	nsubj
14	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sees	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 run	mark
16	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 starts	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a boy on a camping trip	a bear					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus
2	start	present	boy's little brother						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	run	to-infinitive	boy's little brother not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Why is running dangerous?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 dangerous	amod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						dangerous property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Bears cannot see people who walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 walk	nsubj
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Bears	people					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
2	walk	present	people						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Running makes the bear fall asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		the bear					tree rules
3	fall	infinitive	the bear not said here					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Running can make a bear chase you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	can		a bear					tree rules
3	chase	infinitive	a bear not said here	you					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

Bears are frightened of children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive		Bears				of children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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