Test 6 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

«went to see the red pandas and there was nothing there, rubbish zoo» Why might that happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nothing · What happens: go, see, be, happen · To what, where: red pandas

This is test 6 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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	_	2 went	punct
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pandas	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pandas	amod
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 was	cc
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 was	expl
10	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 was	nsubj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 nothing	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 zoo	punct
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 zoo	compound
15	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nothing	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 zoo	punct
17	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 happen	advmod
18	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 happen	aux
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 happen	nsubj
20	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go in a quote	past				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see in a quote	to-infinitive		the red pandas		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer panda=Stimulus
3	be in a quote	past	nothing		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	happen	might				vn occur-48.3-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

The animals were all away at the vet for the whole day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 away	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 away	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 vet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vet	det
8	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 away	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the animals			the vet for the whole day		all, away property	tree rules

Option 2

The zoo sold all the red pandas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 zoo	det
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 pandas	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pandas	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pandas	amod
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the zoo	all red pandas					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panda=Theme

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

Good zoos let animals choose to hide off-show

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 zoos	amod
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 let	obj
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hide	mark
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 choose	xcomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	10 show	case
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 off	punct
10	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	present	Good zoos	animals		tree rules
2	choose	infinitive	animals not said here			tree rules
3	hide	to-infinitive	animals not said here		off show	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Red pandas only come out for keepers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pandas	amod
2	pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 keepers	case
7	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	Red pandas					for keepers; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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