Test 11 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

In a game, a woodpecker gets a headache after pecking. In real life, why can it drum all day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woodpecker · What happens: get, peck, drum · To what, where: headache, game, real life

This is test 11 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a game, a woodpecker gets a headache after pecking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 woodpecker	det
6	woodpecker	woodpecker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 headache	det
9	headache	headache	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	obj
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 pecking	mark
11	pecking	peck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 gets	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	a woodpecker	a headache		a game			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headache=Stimulus
2	peck	gerund	a woodpecker not said here						vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: In real life, why can it drum all day?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 life	case
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 life	amod
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drum	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 life	punct
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 drum	advmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 drum	aux
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drum	nsubj
8	drum	drum	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drum	obl:unmarked
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 drum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drum	can	woodpecker			real life	day		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It pecks very slowly so that it does not hurt its head at all

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 pecks	nsubj
2	pecks	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 slowly	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 pecks	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 hurt	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurt	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 hurt	advmod
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pecks	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	present	It					slowly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hurt	present · do-support	it	its head		all			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Patient

Option 2

It only pecks once a year

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	3 pecks	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 pecks	advmod
3	pecks	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 pecks	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	present	It					once property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its body is built for it and it drums for its living

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drums	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drums	nsubj
9	drums	drum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 built	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 living	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 living	nmod:poss
12	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drums	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		Its body	for it	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for it=Asset
2	drum	present	body		for body's living	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	live		body			nom living «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It wears soft moss on its beak like a cushion

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 wears	nsubj
2	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 moss	amod
4	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wears	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 beak	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beak	nmod:poss
7	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wears	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 cushion	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cushion	det
10	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	It	soft moss		moss's beak		like a cushion	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent moss=Source

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