Test 10 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

«why's the vet looking at poo through a microscope, gross» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: vet · What happens: look, be · To what, where: reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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	_	6 looking	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 looking	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 looking	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vet	det
5	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	nsubj
6	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 reason	csubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 poo	case
8	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obl
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 microscope	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 microscope	det
11	microscope	microscope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gross	punct
13	gross	gross	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 microscope	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 looking	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 reason	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reason	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reason	det
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	present · progressive	the vet					through a microscope and gross; at poo	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at poo=Theme
2	is a	present		the reason					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

She is studying how to make the best compost for the zoo garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 studying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 studying	aux
3	studying	study	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 make	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 studying	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 compost	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 compost	amod
9	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 garden	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 garden	det
12	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 garden	compound
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	present · progressive	She						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here	the best compost				for the zoo garden	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent compost=Product for garden=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She is looking for worm eggs and germs, and can check hormones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eggs	compound
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 germs	cc
8	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eggs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 check	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 check	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 check	aux
12	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 looking	conj
13	hormones	hormone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	She					for worm eggs and germs	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme
2	check	can	She not said here	hormones					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hormone=Theme

Option 3

She is checking what colour it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 checking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 checking	aux
3	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	5 colour	det
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checking	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 colour	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 checking	aux

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · progressive	She						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	colour		colour						tree rules

Option 4

She lost a contact lens in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lens	det
4	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lens	compound
5	lens	lens	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	She	a contact lens		lens			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lens=Eventuality

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