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Test 7 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that." Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Year kid, flapping, everyone, kid · What happens: say, flap, scare off, know, be · To what, where: arms, wasps, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» of the reflection 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: A Year 6 kid says, "flapping your arms scares wasps off, everyone knows that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kid	det
2	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kid	compound
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Year	flat
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 flapping	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 flapping	punct
8	flapping	flap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 scares	csubj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arms	nmod:poss
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 flapping	obj
11	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
12	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 scares	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	11 scares	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 knows	punct
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 knows	nsubj
16	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 knows	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 knows	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Year kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	flap in a quote	gerund		your arms					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
3	scare off in a quote	present	flapping	wasps					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wasp=Experiencer
4	know in a quote	present	everyone	that					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	kid					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes; wasps are always frightened of moving arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 frightened	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frightened	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 frightened	aux:pass
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 frightened	advmod
6	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 arms	case
8	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 arms	amod
9	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive		wasps				of moving arms; always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

No, because wasps can't see arms at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
4	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	wasps	arms		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; flapping can make a wasp feel threatened and sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 flapping	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	flapping	flapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wasp	det
7	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	threatened	threatened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sting	cc
11	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threatened	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	flapping	a wasp					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	a wasp not said here					threatened property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, but only if you scream at the same time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 scream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scream	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 scream	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 scream	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 scream	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 scream	nsubj
7	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scream	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	you				time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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