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Test 5 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest. What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: swan, river, you · What happens: hiss, spread, walk, do · To what, where: walk, wings, nest

This is test 5 · ★ 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: On a walk by the river a swan hisses and spreads its wings near its nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 walk	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 walk	det
3	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hisses	obl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	nmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 swan	det
8	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hisses	nsubj
9	hisses	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spreads	cc
11	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hisses	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wings	nmod:poss
13	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 spreads	obj
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 nest	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 nest	nmod:poss
16	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spreads	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hisses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hiss	present	a swan			a walk by the river			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on walk=Location
2	spread	present	a swan not said here	swan's wings		swan's nest			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme near nest=Destination
3	walk		the river						nom walk «act transitive»: by=agent

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 you 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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 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	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Go closer to have a look at the eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 eggs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eggs	det
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	to-infinitive	you not said here	a look		the eggs			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient

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

Back away calmly and give it space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Back	advmod
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Back	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 give	cc
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	obj
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient space=Theme

Option 3

Stroke its long neck gently to calm it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 neck	nmod:poss
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 neck	amod
4	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stroke	obj
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Stroke	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 calm	mark
7	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stroke	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	imperative	you not said here	its long neck				gently property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Experiencer
2	calm	to-infinitive	you not said here	neck					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 4

Throw a few stones at it to scare it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stones	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stones	amod
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 scare	mark
8	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 scare	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 scare	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	a few stones		it			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at it=Destination
2	scare off	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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