Test 12 · ★ · Fish, frogs and reptiles

Leo says snakes flick their tongue to scare u. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, snakes · What happens: say, flick, scare · To what, where: tongue, true · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» of the world 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flick	nsubj
4	flick	flick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tongue	nmod:poss
6	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flick	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 scare	mark
8	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flick	advcl
9	u.	u.	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scare	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	flick	infinitive	snakes	snakes's tongue	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
3	scare	to-infinitive	snakes not said here	true	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus true=Experiencer

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

Yes, and they also use it to taste the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 use	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	nsubj
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 use	advmod
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 taste	mark
9	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 use	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taste	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	they	it					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	taste	to-infinitive	they not said here	the ground					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme ground=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, it is only a warning to stay back and keep away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 warning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warning	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warning	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 warning	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stay	mark
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 warning	acl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 stay	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 keep	cc
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 stay	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a warning		tree rules
2	stay back	to-infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep away	infinitive			away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, they flick it to cool their bodies down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 flick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flick	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flick	nsubj
4	flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flick	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cool	mark
7	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flick	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bodies	nmod:poss
9	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cool	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	7 cool	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	present	they	it					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	cool down	to-infinitive	they not said here	their bodies				down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, they flick it to pick up smells from the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 flick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flick	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flick	nsubj
4	flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flick	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pick	mark
7	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flick	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 pick	compound:prt
9	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pick	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	present	they	it					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	pick up	to-infinitive	they not said here	smells		the air			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Topic

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