Test 8 · What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in

«we forgot loads of acorns lol, squirrels must be well thick» What is the clever answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, squirrels · What happens: forget, be · To what, where: loads, clever answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 1 «What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in» of the biology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 forgot	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forgot	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 acorns	case
6	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loads	nmod
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 forgot	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thick	punct
9	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 thick	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 thick	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 thick	cop
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 thick	advmod
13	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forgot	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 thick	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thick	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forget in a quote	past	we	loads of acorns		tree rules
2	is in a quote	must	squirrels		thick, well property	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		the clever answer		tree rules

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

Squirrels bury acorns only to grow trees on purpose, like careful gardeners do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	nsubj
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 grow	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bury	advcl
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grow	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	14 do	mark
12	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gardeners	amod
13	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bury	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bury	present	Squirrels	acorns		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme
2	grow	to-infinitive	Squirrels not said here	trees	purpose	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme
3	do	present	careful gardeners			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Squirrels never forget a single nut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forget	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 forget	advmod
3	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nut	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nut	amod
6	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not forget	present	Squirrels	a single nut					tree rules

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

Forgotten acorns grow into new oaks, so squirrels help plant their own woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgotten	forgotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acorns	amod
2	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 oaks	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oaks	amod
6	oaks	oak	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 help	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 help	advmod
9	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 help	nsubj
10	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	conj
11	plant	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	xcomp
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 woods	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woods	amod
14	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 plant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Forgotten acorns		into new oaks result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into oak=Result
2	help	present	squirrels			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	plant	infinitive	squirrels not said here	squirrels's own woods		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient

Option 4

Forgotten acorns are always eaten by worms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgotten	forgotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acorns	amod
2	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 eaten	advmod
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 worms	case
7	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · passive	worms	Forgotten acorns				always property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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