Test 7 · ★★ · Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa

«why can't they just move the lemurs to Africa if the forest is gone» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, forest, best answer · What happens: move, be · To what, where: lemurs

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 127 «Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 move	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 ca	advmod
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 move	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 ca	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 move	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 move	advmod
7	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lemurs	det
9	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lemurs	nmod
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 gone	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gone	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	cop
16	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 move	advcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 gone	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 gone	conj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 What	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 answer	det
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 answer	amod
22	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 What	nsubj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	move in a quote	can	they	the lemurs	to Africa result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent lemur=Theme to africa=Result
2	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	the forest		gone property	tree rules
3	is a	present	the best answer			tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lemurs live wild only on Madagascar, and many need their own small patch of forest

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 live	xcomp
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Madagascar	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Madagascar	case
6	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 need	cc
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 need	nsubj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 patch	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 patch	amod
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 patch	amod
14	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 forest	case
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 patch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Lemurs			Madagascar		wild property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on madagascar=Location
2	need	present	many	Lemurs's own small patch of forest					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot patch=Theme

Option 2

Lemurs prefer cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Lemurs	cities					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer city=Stimulus

Option 3

Lemurs can live anywhere without trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 live	aux
3	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 live	advmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 trees	case
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	can	Lemurs					without trees; anywhere property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Africa has lots of wild lemurs already, so a few more would be fine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 lemurs	case
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lemurs	amod
6	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
7	already	already	ADV	_	6 lemurs	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 few	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 more	advmod
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 fine	advmod
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Africa	lots of wild lemurs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	is	would	Africa not said here					fine property	tree rules

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