Test 8 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

Your cousin bets you a sweet that eagles can spot a rabbit from far away, expecting you to say it's a myth. What's the smart move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, sweet, you, smart move · What happens: bet, spot, expect, say, be · To what, where: you, rabbit, myth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Your cousin bets you a sweet that eagles can spot a rabbit from far away, expecting you to say it's a myth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bets	nsubj
3	bets	bet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 bets	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sweet	det
6	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bets	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 spot	nsubj
8	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spot	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 spot	aux
10	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sweet	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rabbit	det
12	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spot	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 far	case
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 spot	advmod
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 far	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 expecting	punct
17	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 bets	advcl
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 expecting	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 say	mark
20	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 expecting	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 myth	expl
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 myth	cop
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 myth	det
24	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 say	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	bet	present	Your cousin		you		vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sweet=Asset
2	spot	can	a sweet		a rabbit	far property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rabbit=Destination
3	expect	gerund	Your cousin not said here	you			tree rules
4	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present		a myth			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.

Sentence 2: What's the smart move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 move	det
4	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the smart move						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check first; it's actually true, so he wins the sweet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Check	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 true	advmod
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Check	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wins	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 wins	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wins	nsubj
11	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sweet	det
13	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here		first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it		actually, true property	tree rules
3	win	present	he	the sweet		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Eventuality

Option 2

Say it's a myth and refuse to look it up anywhere, whatever happens

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 myth	expl
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 myth	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 myth	det
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuse	cc
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refuse	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 look	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 look	compound:prt
12	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 look	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 happens	punct
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 happens	nsubj
15	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a myth		tree rules
3	refuse	infinitive	you not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not look up	to-infinitive	you not said here	myth	anywhere property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
5	happen	present	whatever			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Agree only if he has a photo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 has	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 photo	det
7	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	he	a photo					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Patient

Option 4

Say eagles have no eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	eagles	no eyes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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