Test 5 · ★ · Animals

A girl in Manchester finds a baby bird on the pavement and wants to keep it in her sock drawer. What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: find, want, keep, do · To what, where: baby bird, pavement, bird, sock drawer

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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 girl in Manchester finds a baby bird on the pavement and wants to keep it in her sock drawer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bird	compound
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 pavement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pavement	det
11	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wants	cc
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 finds	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 drawer	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 drawer	nmod:poss
19	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 drawer	compound
20	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keep	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	present	a girl in Manchester	a baby bird	the pavement	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic
2	want	present	a girl in Manchester not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl in Manchester not said here	bird	girl's sock drawer	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in drawer=Location

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 she 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 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	girl						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

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

Ask an adult or an animal rescue what is best for the bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 rescue	cc
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rescue	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rescue	compound
7	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adult	conj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 best	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 best	cop
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Ask	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 bird	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 best	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a adult or a animal rescue				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is	present						for the bird; good property	tree rules

Option 2

Keep it in the drawer with her socks and feed it crisps every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 drawer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drawer	det
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 socks	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 socks	nmod:poss
8	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feed	cc
10	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 crisps	nsubj
12	crisps	crisp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 feed	ccomp
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crisps	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it	the drawer		with her socks	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in drawer=Location
2	feed	present	you not said here					tree rules
3	crisp	present	drawer			day		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Take it to school to show her class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 class	nmod:poss
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	it		school			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to school=Destination
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	her class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

Option 4

Put it in the freezer to keep it fresh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 freezer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 freezer	det
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		the freezer			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	freezer				fresh property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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