Test 1 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals
A girl at a zoo in San Diego wants to get closer to the tigers. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, get, do
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to 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 at a zoo in San Diego wants to get closer to the tigers.
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 | 9 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 zoo | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 zoo | det |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 San | case |
| 7 | San | San | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 zoo | nmod |
| 8 | Diego | Diego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 San | flat |
| 9 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wants | xcomp |
| 12 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 get | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 tigers | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tigers | det |
| 15 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 closer | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl at a zoo in San | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl at a zoo in San not said here | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Wave some food at them through the bars of the cage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 food | det |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wave | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wave | obl |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 bars | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bars | det |
| 8 | bars | bar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wave | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 cage | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cage | det |
| 11 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bars | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | imperative | you not said here | some food | the bars of the cage | at them = they | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 2
Lean right over the wall to call out to the tigers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Lean | advmod |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 wall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lean | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 call | mark |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Lean | advcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 call | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 tigers | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tigers | det |
| 11 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean | imperative | you not said here | the wall | right property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over wall=Location | |||
| 2 | call out speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | the tigers | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tiger=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay behind the barrier and watch from there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 4 barrier | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 barrier | det |
| 4 | barrier | barrier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 watch | cc |
| 6 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 there | case |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 watch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the barrier | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location | ||||
| 2 | watch | infinitive | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Climb the low fence while the keeper is not looking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fence | det |
| 3 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fence | amod |
| 4 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 looking | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 keeper | det |
| 7 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 looking | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 looking | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 looking | advmod |
| 10 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Climb | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | the low fence | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not look | present · progressive | the keeper | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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