Test 1 · ★ · Pets and farm animals

"my nan always put milk out for the hedgehogs, they love it lol" How do you tell her kindly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, hedgehogs, you · What happens: put out, love, tell · To what, where: milk, nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 put	advmod
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 put	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 hedgehogs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hedgehogs	det
10	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 love	nsubj
13	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 put	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 love	obj
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	20 tell	discourse
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
17	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 tell	advmod
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 tell	aux
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 tell	nsubj
20	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 love	conj
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 tell	iobj
22	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	20 tell	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	put out in a quote	past	my nan	milk		for the hedgehogs; always property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent milk=Goal
2	love in a quote	present	hedgehogs = hedgehog	milk			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	you		nan	kindly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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

"Hedgehogs need milk every night, keep going."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 need	punct
2	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 need	parataxis
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keep	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 need	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	need in a quote	present	Hedgehogs	milk	night	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot milk=Theme
2	keep in a quote	infinitive				tree rules
3	go in a quote	gerund				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

"That's so kind! The hedgehog charity says water and cat food are better, milk upsets them."

Sentence 1: "That's so kind!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 kind	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 kind	advmod
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That					kind property	tree rules

Sentence 2: The hedgehog charity says water and cat food are better, milk upsets them."

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 charity	det
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charity	compound
3	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 better	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 food	cc
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 food	compound
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 better	cop
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 upsets	punct
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 upsets	nsubj
13	upsets	upset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 upsets	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 upsets	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 upsets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the hedgehog charity			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	water and cat food		good property	tree rules
3	upset	present	milk	water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3

Say nothing, it doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 matter	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

"You've been poisoning hedgehogs for years, Nan!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 poisoning	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 poisoning	nsubj
3	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 poisoning	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 poisoning	aux
5	poisoning	poison	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poisoning	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poisoning	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Nan	punct
10	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 poisoning	vocative
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 poisoning	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 poisoning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	You	hedgehogs			year	Nan vocative	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Patient

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