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Test 2 · ★ · Fish, frogs and reptiles

A fish in a dark, muddy river swims away before a pike, a big hunting fish, can reach it. How did it sense the pike?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish · What happens: swim away, reach, sense · To what, where: fish, pike

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A fish in a dark, muddy river swims away before a pike, a big hunting fish, can reach it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swims	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 river	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 river	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dark	punct
7	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fish	nmod
9	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 swims	advmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 pike	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pike	det
13	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swims	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fish	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fish	det
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 fish	amod
17	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fish	compound
18	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pike	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 reach	punct
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 reach	aux
21	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 swims	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 reach	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 swims	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim away	present	a fish in a dark muddy river				before a pike and a big hunting fish	away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before pike=Trajectory
2	reach	can	a fish in a dark muddy river not said here	fish					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: How did it sense the pike?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 sense	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sense	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sense	nsubj
4	sense	sense	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pike	det
6	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sense	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sense	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sense	past · do-support	fish	the pike					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pike=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It saw the pike clearly even in the dark water

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pike	det
4	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	2 saw	advmod
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 water	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	It	the pike		the dark water		clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pike=Stimulus

Option 2

It smelled the pike's breath as it came closer

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	2 smelled	nsubj
2	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pike	det
4	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breath	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pike	case
6	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smelled	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 came	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smelled	advcl
10	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 came	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	It	the pike's breath					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breath=Stimulus
2	come	past	breath					close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its lateral line felt the water move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 line	nmod:poss
2	lateral	lateral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 line	amod
3	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 felt	nsubj
4	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 move	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 move	compound
7	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 felt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Its lateral line	the water move					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Theme

Option 4

It heard the pike's heartbeat through the water

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pike	det
4	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heartbeat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pike	case
6	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	It	the pike's heartbeat		the water			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heartbeat=Stimulus

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