Test 8 · The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and ant…

Why is a waterhole a dangerous place for a giraffe?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: waterhole · What happens: be · To what, where: dangerous place

This is test 8 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 place	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 place	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 waterhole	det
4	waterhole	waterhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 place	amod
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 giraffe	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 giraffe	det
10	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a waterhole	a dangerous place				for a giraffe	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 · ✓ the right answer

It must bend down awkwardly and cannot run quickly

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	3 bend	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bend	aux
3	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 bend	compound:prt
5	awkwardly	awkwardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bend	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 run	cc
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 run	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 run	advmod
9	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bend	conj
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend down	must	It					awkwardly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not run	can						quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Its neck sinks into the mud

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	2 neck	nmod:poss
2	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sinks	nsubj
3	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 mud	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mud	det
6	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Its neck			the mud			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Crocodiles climb up trees to catch giraffes as they drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climb	nsubj
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climb	compound:prt
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climb	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 catch	mark
6	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 climb	advcl
7	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catch	obj
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 drink	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 drink	nsubj
10	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 catch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	climb up	present	Crocodiles	trees	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	catch	to-infinitive	Crocodiles not said here	giraffes	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giraffe=Theme
3	drink	present	Crocodiles = crocodile		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The water is too cold for its long legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 legs	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 legs	nmod:poss
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 legs	amod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water					for water's long legs; cold property	tree rules

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