Test 10 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

Why would beard lichen disappear from a forest near a new smoky factory?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lichen · What happens: beard, disappear · To what, where: lichen, forest

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» 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	3 beard	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 beard	aux
3	beard	beard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lichen	lichen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beard	obj
5	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lichen	acl:relcl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beard	obl
9	near	near	ADP	_	13 factory	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 factory	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 factory	amod
12	smoky	smoky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 factory	amod
13	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beard	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 beard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beard	would		lichen		a forest		near a new smoky factory	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lichen=Source
2	disappear	present	lichen not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 noise scares it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scares	nsubj
3	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scares	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 scares	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare away	present	the noise	it				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

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

It takes water and food straight from the air, so dirty air kills it

The tree, 14 words

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 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 food	cc
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	conj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 air	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kills	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 kills	advmod
12	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 air	amod
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kills	nsubj
14	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	It	water and food		the air			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from air=Initial_Location
2	kill	present	dirty air	food					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Factories cut down all the lichen for paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Factories	acl
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 lichen	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lichen	det
6	lichen	lichen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 paper	case
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut down	participle	Factories not said here	all lichen				for paper	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for paper=Asset

Option 4

Lichen only grows in the dark, and the factory lights shine on it all night long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lichen	lichen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grows	advcl
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 grows	advmod
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shine	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 shine	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lights	det
10	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lights	compound
11	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 shine	nsubj
12	shine	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grows	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shine	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shine	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 shine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	lichen	infinitive					tree rules
2	grow	present		the dark			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location
3	shine	present	the factory lights	dark	night	long property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location

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