Test 9 · ★ · Pets and farm animals

Sophie is upset and says her hamster is "a monster" for eating babies. What helps her understand?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, hamster · What happens: be, say, eat, help, understand · To what, where: monster, babies, hamster · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Sophie is upset and says her hamster is "a monster" for eating babies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 upset	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	cop
3	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 says	cc
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hamster	nmod:poss
7	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 monster	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 monster	cop
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 monster	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 monster	det
11	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 monster	punct
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 eating	mark
14	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 monster	advcl
15	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 eating	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sophie		upset property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Sophie not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	Sophie's hamster	a monster		tree rules
4	eat	gerund	Sophie's hamster not said here	babies		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

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 helps her understand?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 understand	obj
4	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	understand	infinitive		hamster					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Her hamster is simply evil and should be punished for what it did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hamster	nmod:poss
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evil	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 evil	cop
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 evil	advmod
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 punished	cc
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 punished	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 punished	aux:pass
9	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 evil	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 what	case
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 punished	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Her hamster	evil, simply property	tree rules
2	punish	should · passive	Her hamster not said here		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for what=Theme
3	do	past	hamster		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She should have given all the babies away on the day they were born

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 babies	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 babies	det
7	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 born	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 born	aux:pass
14	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 day	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	should · perfect	She	all babies			day	away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	bear	past · passive	the day not said here	babies = baby					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's sad, but it's instinct when a mother is scared or hungry

The tree, 14 words

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 sad	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 instinct	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 instinct	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 instinct	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 instinct	cop
8	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sad	parataxis
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 scared	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 scared	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 scared	cop
13	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 instinct	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 hungry	cc
15	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 scared	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		sad property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	instinct		tree rules
3	is	present	a mother		scared property	tree rules
4	be		a mother not said here			tree rules

Option 4

All hamster mothers do this every single time they have babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 mothers	det
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mothers	compound
3	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 do	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl:unmarked
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 time	acl:relcl
11	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	all hamster mothers	this			time		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
2	have	present	mothers = mother	babies					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

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