Test 2 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals
A girl in Kent finds a baby hare alone in a field and wants to rescue it. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: find, want, rescue, be · To what, where: baby hare, field, hare
This is test 2 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Kent finds a baby hare alone in a field and wants to rescue it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Kent | case |
| 4 | Kent | Kent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hare | det |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hare | compound |
| 8 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 finds | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 field | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 field | det |
| 12 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wants | cc |
| 14 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 finds | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 rescue | mark |
| 16 | rescue | rescue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 wants | xcomp |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 rescue | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a girl in Kent | a baby hare | a field | alone property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Topic | ||
| 2 | want | present | a girl in Kent not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | rescue not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in Kent not said here | hare | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She should take it home and give it milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 give | cc |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 take | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | obj |
| 9 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should | She | it | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | She not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme |
Option 2
Hares never come back to their young
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 young | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 young | nmod:poss |
| 7 | young | young | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come back | present | Hares | Hares's young | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to young=Initial_Location |
Option 3
It has been abandoned by its mother and will soon die without help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 abandoned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 abandoned | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 4 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 mother | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abandoned | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 die | cc |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 die | aux |
| 10 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 die | advmod |
| 11 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 abandoned | conj |
| 12 | without | without | ADP | _ | 13 help | case |
| 13 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 die | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | present · perfect · passive | its mother | It | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | die | future | its mother not said here | without help; soon property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Its mother probably left it hidden and will come back to feed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | nsubj |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 left | advmod |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | obj |
| 6 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 left | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 come | cc |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | aux |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 left | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 come | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 feed | mark |
| 12 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 come | advcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 feed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | Its mother | it | hidden, probably property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | come back | future | Its mother not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | feed | to-infinitive | Its mother not said here | it | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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