Test 9 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

If a zoo abroad had a panda cub, what would usually happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo, panda cub · What happens: have, happen · To what, where: panda cub

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 had	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 zoo	det
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
4	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	3 zoo	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cub	det
7	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cub	compound
8	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 happen	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 happen	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 happen	aux
12	usually	usually	ADV	_	13 happen	advmod
13	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cub	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a zoo	a panda cub					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient
2	happen	would	a panda cub					usually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

It would be sold to another zoo for a lot of money

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 sold	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sold	aux:pass
4	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 zoo	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 zoo	det
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 lot	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lot	det
10	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 money	case
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	would · passive		It	another zoo			for a lot of money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to zoo=Recipient for lot=Asset

Option 2

It would be released into the wild in that country

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 released	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 released	aux:pass
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 country	det
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	would · passive		It		the wild		in that country	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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

It would be sent to China after some time

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 sent	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	would · passive		It	China		time		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to china=Destination

Option 4

It would stay forever as a gift to that country

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	3 stay	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 gift	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 country	det
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	It					as a gift; to that country; forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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