Test 8 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

Why might a whole melon be better than a chopped one for an elephant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole melon · What happens: be, chop

This is test 8 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 better	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 better	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 melon	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 melon	amod
5	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 better	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 better	cop
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 better	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 elephant	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 elephant	det
14	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	a whole melon					than a chopped one for a elephant; good property	tree rules
2	chop	participle							vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Elephants cannot see small pieces of fruit at all with their tiny eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pieces	amod
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pieces	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 see	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 eyes	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 eyes	nmod:poss
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 eyes	amod
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Elephants	small pieces of fruit		all		with Elephants's tiny eyes	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus

Option 2

A whole melon has more water inside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 melon	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 melon	amod
3	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a whole melon	more water		water			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It makes the elephant work at it, like food in the wild

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 work	det
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	compound
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 food	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	parataxis
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wild	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wild	det
13	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the elephant work		work		in the wild	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material work=Product

Option 4

Chopped melon is poisonous to elephants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 melon	amod
2	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisonous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 poisonous	cop
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 elephants	case
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 poisonous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	participle							vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Chopped melon					to elephants; poisonous property	tree rules

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