Test 2 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

«Marlin lost his wife so he's Nemo's dad forever, right» What would happen in real clownfish?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Marlin · What happens: lose, be, happen · To what, where: wife, dad

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» 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	_	3 lost	punct
2	Marlin	Marlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 dad	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dad	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dad	cop
9	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 dad	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Nemo	case
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
12	forever	forever	ADV	_	11 dad	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	3 lost	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 happen	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 happen	aux
18	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 clownfish	case
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 clownfish	amod
21	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 happen	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	past	Marlin	Marlin's wife		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
2	is a in a quote	present	Marlin	Nemo's dad	forever property	tree rules
3	happen	would			in real clownfish	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in clownfish=Location

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

Marlin would stay a male and find a new wife far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 male	det
5	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 find	cc
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stay	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wife	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wife	amod
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	7 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	Marlin	a male					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme male=Location
2	find	infinitive	Marlin not said here	a new wife				away property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic

Option 2

Marlin would leave the anemone for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	aux
3	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 anemone	det
5	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	would	Marlin	the anemone					vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anemone=Theme for ever=Recipient

Option 3

Nemo would turn into the mother at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	Nemo					into the mother	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mother=Source at once=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Marlin would turn into a female and become the mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 female	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 female	det
6	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 become	cc
8	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	Marlin			a female			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into female=Trajectory
2	become	infinitive	Marlin not said here	the mother					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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