Test 5 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…

«that sloth's covered in mould, gross, it's sick» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sloth · What happens: cover, be · To what, where: sloth

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» 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	_	13 sick	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 sloth	det
3	sloth	sloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sick	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 sloth	case
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sloth	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 mould	case
7	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gross	punct
9	gross	gross	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mould	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sloth	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sick	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sick	cop
13	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 sick	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sick	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover in a quote	participle		that sloth not said here	in mould and gross	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mould=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	that sloth		sick property	tree rules
3	is	present			right property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is algae that hides the sloth and is normal

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 algae	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 algae	cop
3	algae	alga	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hides	nsubj
5	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 algae	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sloth	det
7	sloth	sloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 normal	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 normal	cop
10	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hides	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	algae		tree rules
2	hide	present	algae	the sloth		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sloth=Patient
3	is	present	algae not said here		normal property	tree rules

Option 2

No, that is paint for the visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 paint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paint	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 paint	det
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 paint	cop
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 visitors	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 visitors	det
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paint	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that paint				for the visitors	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it is very ill and needs to see a vet straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 ill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ill	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 ill	advmod
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needs	cc
8	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 needs	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vet	det
12	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obj
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		ill property	tree rules
2	need	present				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive		a vet	away property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vet=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, keepers forgot to wash it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 keepers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forgot	nsubj
4	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wash	mark
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forgot	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	keepers						tree rules
2	not wash	to-infinitive	keepers not said here	it					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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