Test 1 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

"omg a baby bird on the path, I'm gonna pick it up and take it home and raise it!!" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: pick up, take, raise · To what, where: path

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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: "omg a baby bird on the path, I'm gonna pick it up and take it home and raise it!!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct
2	omg	omg	INTJ	_	5 bird	discourse
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	compound
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pick	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 pick	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 pick	aux
12	gonna	gonna	PART	_	13 pick	mark
13	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bird	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pick	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 pick	compound:prt
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 take	cc
17	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 pick	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 take	obj
19	home	home	ADV	_	17 take	advmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 raise	cc
21	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 take	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 raise	obj
23	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	13 pick	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pick up in a quote	present	I	path		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	take in a quote	infinitive	I not said here	path	home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	raise in a quote	infinitive	I not said here	path		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

Sentence 2: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Throw it gently up into the air so it learns to fly at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 up	advmod
4	up	up	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 learns	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 learns	nsubj
10	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fly	mark
12	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 learns	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it	into the air result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into air=Result
2	learn	present	air			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fly	to-infinitive	air not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2

Put it in the bin so the cat can't get it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bin	det
5	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 get	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		the bin			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination
2	not get	can	the cat	bin					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, take it home and feed it milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	3 take	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feed	cc
7	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feed	obj
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	it				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	feed	present	you not said here	it					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Usually leave it; its parents are likely watching nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Usually	usually	ADV	_	2 leave	advmod
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leave	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 likely	punct
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 likely	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leave	conj
9	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 likely	xcomp
10	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	9 watching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	usually property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	its parents		likely property	tree rules
3	watch	gerund	its parents not said here		nearby property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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