Test 10 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

«mealworms in boxes behind the scenes? gross, why» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: reason

This is test 10 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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 mealworms	punct
2	mealworms	mealworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gross	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 boxes	case
4	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mealworms	nmod
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 scenes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scenes	det
7	scenes	scene	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 boxes	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 gross	punct
9	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 gross	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 reason	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 reason	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 reason	det
16	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 why	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 gross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many zoos breed their own insects to feed frogs, lizards and birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 zoos	amod
2	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breed	nsubj
3	breed	breed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 insects	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 insects	amod
6	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breed	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 feed	mark
8	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 breed	advcl
9	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lizards	punct
11	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 frogs	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 birds	cc
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 frogs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	present	Many zoos	zoos's own insects					tree rules
2	feed	to-infinitive	Many zoos not said here		frogs and lizards and birds				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Recipient

Option 2

They are grown in boxes to be sold as crunchy sweets in the zoo shop

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux:pass
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 boxes	case
5	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grown	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 sold	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 sold	aux:pass
8	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 grown	advcl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 sweets	case
10	crunchy	crunchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sweets	amod
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sold	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 shop	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shop	det
14	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shop	compound
15	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		They		boxes			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sell	to-infinitive · passive				the zoo shop		as crunchy sweets	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»

Option 3

They are pets for the keepers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pets	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pets	cop
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 keepers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 keepers	det
6	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	pets				for the keepers	tree rules

Option 4

Mealworms clean the zoo floors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mealworms	mealworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clean	nsubj
2	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floors	det
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floors	compound
5	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	Mealworms	the zoo floors					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient

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