Test 4 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

«why don't they just chuck a live rat in with the python, it's natural innit» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, rat, best answer · What happens: not chuck, be · To what, where: live rat, natural innit, python

This is test 4 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	_	7 chuck	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 chuck	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 chuck	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 chuck	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chuck	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 chuck	advmod
7	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rat	det
9	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rat	amod
10	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chuck	obj
11	in	in	ADV	_	7 chuck	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 python	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 python	det
14	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chuck	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 innit	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 innit	cop
18	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 innit	amod
19	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 python	appos
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 innit	nmod
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 What	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 answer	det
24	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 answer	amod
25	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 What	nsubj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 chuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not chuck in a quote	present · do-support	they	a live rat	with the python	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	rat	natural innit		tree rules
3	is a	present	the best answer	the python		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

Live rats run far too fast, so the python would never catch one at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rats	amod
2	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 fast	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 run	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 catch	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 catch	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 python	det
10	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 catch	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 catch	advmod
13	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 run	conj
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 catch	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Live rats					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not catch	would	the python	one		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme at all=Asset

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

A live rat can bite and hurt the snake, so thawed food is safer

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rat	det
2	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rat	amod
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bite	aux
5	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hurt	cc
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bite	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snake	det
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thawed	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 thawed	advmod
12	thawed	thaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bite	parataxis
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thawed	obj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 safer	cop
15	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 bite	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite	can	a live rat			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	infinitive	a live rat not said here	the snake		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Patient
3	thaw	participle		food		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient food=Result
4	is	present			safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Pythons are scared of the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pythons	python	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pythons					of the dark; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

Pythons only eat plants in zoos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pythons	python	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 zoos	case
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Pythons	plants		zoos			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient

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