Test 8 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

How is a wood mouse like a gardener without knowing it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gardener · What happens: be, know · To what, where: wood mouse, gardener

This is test 8 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mouse	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mouse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouse	compound
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 gardener	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gardener	det
8	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouse	nmod
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 knowing	mark
10	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gardener	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 knowing	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mouse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a wood mouse				like a gardener	tree rules
2	know	gerund	a gardener not said here	gardener					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

It waters the plants with its long tail every night

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 waters	nsubj
2	waters	water	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plants	det
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waters	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 tail	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tail	amod
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plants	nmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waters	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	water	present	It	the plants			night	with its long tail	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent plant=Destination with tail=Theme

Option 2

It digs neat flower beds on purpose and plants bulbs in rows

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 digs	nsubj
2	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beds	amod
4	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beds	compound
5	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 digs	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digs	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bulbs	cc
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bulbs	compound
10	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 digs	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 rows	case
12	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bulbs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present	It	neat flower beds		purpose			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bed=Theme on purpose=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Seeds it forgets in its stores can grow into new plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeds	seed	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgets	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgets	nsubj
3	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grow	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 stores	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stores	nmod:poss
6	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forgets	obl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 grow	aux
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 plants	case
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plants	amod
11	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			its stores		forget property	tree rules
2	grow	can						into new plants result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into plant=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It cuts the grass with its teeth

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 cuts	nsubj
2	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grass	det
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cuts	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teeth	nmod:poss
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cuts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	It	the grass				with grass's teeth	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient with tooth=Instrument

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