Test 9 · What a habitat is: home, food, shelter and fitting in

«the school pond's getting filled in for car parking, who cares» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car parking · What happens: fill in, care, be · To what, where: school pond, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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	_	7 filled	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pond	det
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pond	compound
4	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filled	nsubj:pass
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pond	case
6	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 filled	aux:pass
7	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 answer	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 filled	compound:prt
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 parking	case
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 parking	compound
11	parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filled	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cares	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 cares	nsubj
14	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 parking	acl:relcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 filled	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 answer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fill in in a quote	gerund · passive		the school pond	for car parking	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	care in a quote	present	car parking			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	be speech: assert	present		the best 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

Frogs only need ponds when they are old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 old	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 old	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Frogs	ponds					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot pond=Theme
2	is not said to happen	present	Frogs = frog					old property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tadpoles can live in puddles on the car park until they grow up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 live	aux
3	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 puddles	case
5	puddles	puddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 park	compound
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 live	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 grow	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 grow	nsubj
12	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 live	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 grow	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	can	Tadpoles			puddles		on the car park	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in puddle=Location
2	grow up	present	Tadpoles = tadpole						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nothing changes, frogs can lay eggs on grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lay	punct
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lay	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 lay	aux
6	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 changes	advcl
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lay	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 grass	case
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Nothing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lay	can	frogs	eggs		grass			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on grass=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The frogs lose the water they need for eggs and tadpoles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frogs	det
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lose	nsubj
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 water	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 eggs	case
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tadpoles	cc
11	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eggs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	the frogs	the water					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality
2	need	present	frogs = frog	the water not said here				for eggs and tadpoles	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

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