Test 9 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

When the hornbill chicks are big enough, what happens to the sealed nest?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: hornbill chicks · What happens: be, happen, seal

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	6 big	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chicks	det
3	hornbill	hornbill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chicks	compound
4	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 big	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 big	cop
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 happens	advcl
7	enough	enough	ADV	_	6 big	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 big	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 happens	nsubj
10	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 nest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nest	det
13	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 nest	amod
14	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 happens	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hornbill chicks	big, enough property	tree rules
2	happen	present		to the sealed nest	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	seal	participle			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-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

The chicks stay inside the sealed nest forever, even when grown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chicks	det
2	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stay	nsubj
3	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 nest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nest	det
6	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 nest	amod
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	obl
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grown	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 grown	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 grown	advmod
12	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the chicks	the sealed nest	forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside nest=Location
2	seal	participle				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	grow	participle	the chicks not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The mother breaks out, and the chicks seal it again behind her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 breaks	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 seal	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seal	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chicks	det
8	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 seal	nsubj
9	seal	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaks	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 seal	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 seal	advmod
12	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 seal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break out	present	the mother						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	seal	present	the chicks	it			again		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient her=Result

Option 3

The tree falls down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	present	the tree					down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The male breaks it from outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 male	det
2	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	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 breaks	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 outside	case
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	3 breaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	the male	it					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient from outside=Co-Patient

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