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Test 9 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

A stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground. What should a family do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stag, family · What happens: roar, paw, do · To what, where: ground

This is test 9 · ★★ 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 stag in a park in autumn is roaring and pawing the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stag	det
2	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 roaring	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stag	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 autumn	case
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 park	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 roaring	aux
9	roaring	roar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pawing	cc
11	pawing	paw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 roaring	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pawing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 roaring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	present · progressive	a stag in a park in autumn						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	paw	gerund	a stag in a park in autumn not said here	the ground					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient

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 a family do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	a family						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Keep well back and watch from a distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	advmod
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 watch	cc
5	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 distance	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 distance	det
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep back	imperative	you not said here					well property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here					from a distance	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Run around it to take photos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	around	around	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Run	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 take	mark
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
6	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			it			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Trajectory
2	take	to-infinitive	you not said here	photos					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme

Option 3

Walk up to stroke it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stroke	mark
4	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk up	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stroke	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Offer it food from their hands to calm it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Offer	obj
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offer	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Offer	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 calm	mark
8	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Offer	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 calm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	it		their hands			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal food=Theme
2	calm	to-infinitive	you not said here	food					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

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