Test 9 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours
A bat is found on the floor of a classroom in Vermont. What should the teacher and children do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher · What happens: find, do · To what, where: bat, floor
This is test 9 · ★★ 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 bat is found on the floor of a classroom in Vermont.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bat | det |
| 2 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 classroom | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 classroom | det |
| 10 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floor | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Vermont | case |
| 12 | Vermont | Vermont | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 classroom | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | a bat | the floor of a classroom in Vermont | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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: What should the teacher and children do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 children | cc |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 teacher | conj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the teacher and children | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Feed it some fruit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Feed | obj |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 fruit | det |
| 4 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | it | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient fruit=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Keep away and let an expert with gloves deal with it
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 let | cc |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 expert | det |
| 6 | expert | expert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | obj |
| 7 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 9 deal | mark |
| 8 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 deal | nsubj |
| 9 | deal | deal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | advcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 deal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | a expert | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expert=Theme | ||||
| 3 | deal | present | gloves | with expert | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Pick it up in a tissue and put it outside on the grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tissue | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tissue | det |
| 6 | tissue | tissue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pick | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 put | cc |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pick | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 put | obj |
| 10 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 8 put | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 grass | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 grass | det |
| 13 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | a tissue | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | put | infinitive | you not said here | tissue | the grass | outside property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on grass=Destination |
Option 4
Keep it in a box for a class pet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 box | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 box | det |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 pet | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pet | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pet | compound |
| 9 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | a box | for a class pet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in box=Location |
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