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Test 8 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

A lizard's lamp breaks over the weekend. What problem could follow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lamp, problem · What happens: break, follow

This is test 8 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

Sentence 1: A lizard's lamp breaks over the weekend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lizard	det
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lamp	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 lizard	case
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaks	nsubj
5	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 weekend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 weekend	det
8	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaks	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 breaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	a lizard's lamp				weekend		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 problem could follow?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 follow	obj
2	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 follow	aux
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	could	problem						vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Without UV it cannot make vitamin D, and its bones get weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 UV	case
2	UV	UV	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 D	compound
8	D	D	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bones	nmod:poss
12	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 get	nsubj
13	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	parataxis
14	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	can	it	vitamin D				without UV	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material d=Product
2	get	present	D's bones					weak property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It will turn into a frog

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 turn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 frog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	It					into a frog result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into frog=Result

Option 3

It will grow too fast

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 grow	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	future	It					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, because lizards do not need any light at all to stay well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 need	mark
4	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 need	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 need	advmod
7	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 need	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stay	mark
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	advcl
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	lizards	any light		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme
2	stay	to-infinitive	lizards not said here					well property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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