Test 3 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

Why can't oryx be released while people still hunt them from cars?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: not release, hunt · To what, where: oryx, them, cars

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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	6 released	advmod
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 released	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 released	advmod
4	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 released	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 released	aux:pass
6	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 hunt	mark
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hunt	nsubj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 hunt	advmod
10	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 released	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hunt	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 cars	case
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hunt	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 released	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not release	can · passive		oryx					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	hunt	present	people	them = they		cars	still		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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

Oryx do not like living in the hot, dry desert at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 like	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 desert	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 desert	det
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 desert	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hot	punct
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 desert	amod
11	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 living	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 desert	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	Oryx						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	live not said to happen	gerund	Oryx not said here			the hot dry desert at all			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location

Option 2

Cars are good for oryx

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 good	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	cop
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 oryx	case
5	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cars					for oryx; good property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The original danger would wipe them out again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 danger	det
2	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 danger	amod
3	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wipe	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wipe	aux
5	wipe	wipe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wipe	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 wipe	compound:prt
8	again	again	ADV	_	5 wipe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe out	would	the original danger	them = they			again		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 4

Oryx cannot run on sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 run	advmod
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 sand	case
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not run	can	Oryx			sand			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory

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