Test 16 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is fine

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo sign, brother, few chips · What happens: say, feed, be · To what, where: animals · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	compound
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dont	dont	X	Foreign=Yes	5 feed	discourse
5	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chips	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chips	amod
14	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fine	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 fine	cop
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	zoo sign			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feed	present		the animals		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	present	my brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	a few chips		fine property	tree rules

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

Yes, chips are good for monkeys, they love salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 good	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 good	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 good	cop
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 monkeys	case
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 good	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 love	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 love	nsubj
10	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 good	parataxis
11	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	chips					for monkeys; good property	tree rules
2	love	present	chips = chip	salt					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salt=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, people food can make zoo animals ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	compound
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	people	zoo animals				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Product

Option 3

Only feed them if they look hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 feed	advmod
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feed	obj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 look	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feed	advcl
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	they					hungry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, if you give only a handful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 give	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 handful	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 handful	det
8	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	you	a handful					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme

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