Test 6 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds
The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there. What is the cleverest worry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: school pond, goldfish, great crested newts, cleverest worry · What happens: go, have, put, live, be · To what, where: goldfish, pond
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Rivers, lakes and ponds» 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
Sentence 1: The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pond | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pond | compound |
| 3 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 have | mark |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 going | xcomp |
| 8 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 have | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 put | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 live | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 live | cc |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 newts | amod |
| 15 | crested | crested | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 newts | amod |
| 16 | newts | newt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 live | nsubj |
| 17 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | parataxis |
| 18 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 live | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | the school pond | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | the school pond not said here | goldfish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put | participle | goldfish not said here | pond | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in it=Destination | ||||
| 4 | live | present | great crested newts | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What is the cleverest worry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 worry | det |
| 4 | cleverest | clever | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 worry | amod |
| 5 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the cleverest worry | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fish eat newt eggs and larvae, so the newts may disappear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | newt | newt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eggs | compound |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 larvae | cc |
| 6 | larvae | larva | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eggs | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 disappear | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 disappear | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 newts | det |
| 10 | newts | newt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 disappear | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 disappear | aux |
| 12 | disappear | disappear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 eat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Fish | newt eggs and larvae | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | disappear | may | the newts | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The goldfish will all be eaten by the hungry newts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goldfish | det |
| 2 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 eaten | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 eaten | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 eaten | aux:pass |
| 6 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 newts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 newts | det |
| 9 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 newts | amod |
| 10 | newts | newt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | future · passive | the hungry newts | the goldfish | all property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3
The newts will turn orange
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 newts | det |
| 2 | newts | newt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | orange | orange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | future | the newts | orange | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent orange=Theme |
Option 4
The pond will freeze faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pond | det |
| 2 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 freeze | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 freeze | aux |
| 4 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 freeze | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | future | the pond | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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