Test 16 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

moose standing in the path, ears back, what we do

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moose, we · What happens: stand, do · To what, where: path

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 70 «Respecting wild animals» 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	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 what	nsubj
2	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 moose	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 path	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 standing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ears	punct
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 path	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	2 standing	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	moose not said here			the path and ears			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in path=Location
2	do	present	we						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Go up and pat its nose gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pat	cc
4	pat	pat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nose	nmod:poss
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pat	obj
7	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 pat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	imperative	you not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	pat	infinitive	you not said here	its nose				gently property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer

Option 2

Clap and shout so it moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clap	clap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moves	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 shout	cc
3	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Clap	conj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 moves	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 moves	nsubj
6	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	infinitive	Clap not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	move	present	Clap						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Walk past it fast on the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Walk	obl
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Walk	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the grass		past it; fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past it=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Back away slowly and give it lots of room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	2 away	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	3 slowly	advmod
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 give	cc
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	obj
7	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 room	case
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	it				slowly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient lot=Theme

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