Test 8 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

A tourist in Louisiana wants to get close to a lake to see an alligator. What is the safe advice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: tourist, safe advice · What happens: want, get, see, be · To what, where: alligator

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 tourist in Louisiana wants to get close to a lake to see an alligator.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tourist	det
2	tourist	tourist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Louisiana	case
4	Louisiana	Louisiana	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tourist	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	advcl
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 alligator	det
15	alligator	alligator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	a tourist in Louisiana			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	a tourist in Louisiana not said here		to a lake result; close property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to lake=Result
3	see	to-infinitive	a tourist in Louisiana not said here	a alligator		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alligator=Stimulus

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 the safe advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advice	det
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safe advice						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Alligators never leave the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alligators	alligator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leave	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 leave	advmod
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	present	Alligators	the water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2

Alligators are slow on land, so it is safe to walk right up to one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alligators	alligator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slow	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slow	cop
3	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 land	case
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slow	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 safe	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 safe	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 slow	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 walk	mark
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	xcomp
13	right	right	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod
14	up	up	ADP	_	16 one	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 one	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alligators	land	slow property	tree rules
2	is	present	it		safe property	tree rules
3	walk	to-infinitive			up one; right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up one=Trajectory

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

Stay well away from the water's edge, because alligators move fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 away	advmod
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 edge	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 water	case
8	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 away	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 move	mark
11	alligators	alligator	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 move	nsubj
12	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	parataxis
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	present	alligators					fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Alligators are only dangerous in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alligators	alligator	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alligators				winter	dangerous property	tree rules

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