Test 6 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

«bloody hell, they just dump the gorillas' food in the grass, lazy keepers» What is really going on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: dump, go on · To what, where: bloody hell, grass

This is test 6 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	_	3 hell	punct
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hell	amod
3	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dump	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hell	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dump	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 dump	advmod
7	dump	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gorillas	det
9	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 food	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 gorillas	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dump	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dump	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keepers	punct
16	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 keepers	amod
17	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 grass	appos
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 keepers	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 going	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 going	aux
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 going	advmod
22	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 dump	conj
23	on	on	ADP	_	22 going	compound:prt
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 dump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dump in a quote	present	they	bloody hell		the grass			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent food=Theme in grass=Trajectory
2	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «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 keepers dropped the tray by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keepers	det
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tray	det
5	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the keepers	the tray				by accident	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tray=Theme by accident=Destination

Option 2

It is a test of whether gorillas can count

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	4 test	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 test	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 count	mark
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 count	mark
7	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 test	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a test					tree rules
2	count	can	gorillas	a test not said here					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme

Option 3

Gorillas can only digest food that has touched the soil, for its minerals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 digest	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 digest	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 digest	advmod
4	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 digest	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 touched	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 touched	aux
8	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 food	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soil	det
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touched	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 minerals	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 minerals	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 minerals	nmod:poss
14	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 digest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	can	Gorillas	food				for soil's minerals	tree rules
2	touch	present · perfect · passive		food					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer soil=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Scattering makes gorillas forage, which keeps them busy like in the wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scattering	scattering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	forage	forage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeps	obj
9	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keeps	xcomp
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 wild	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wild	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wild	det
13	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 busy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Scattering	forage	gorillas				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset gorilla=Beneficiary forage=Product
2	keep	present		gorillas = gorilla				busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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