Test 4 · Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatu…

In Tom and Jerry, Tom gets stung by a jellyfish and lights up like a bulb. What really happens with a jellyfish sting?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jellyfish · What happens: sting, light up, happen · To what, where: Tom

This is test 4 of lesson 133 «Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatures» 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 Tom and Jerry, Tom gets stung by a jellyfish and lights up like a bulb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Tom	case
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stung	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Jerry	cc
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Tom	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Tom	punct
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stung	nsubj:pass
7	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stung	aux:pass
8	stung	sting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 jellyfish	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 jellyfish	det
11	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stung	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lights	cc
13	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stung	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 lights	compound:prt
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 bulb	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bulb	det
17	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lights	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	present · passive	a jellyfish	Tom		Tom and Jerry			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	light up	present	a jellyfish not said here					like a bulb	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: 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: What really happens with a jellyfish sting?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happens	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 sting	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sting	det
6	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sting	compound
7	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present						with a jellyfish sting	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Harpoon cells fire a painful sting into the skin; nothing lights up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harpoon	Harpoon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cells	compound
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lights	nsubj
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cells	nmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sting	det
5	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sting	amod
6	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cells	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sting	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 lights	punct
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 lights	nsubj
12	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 lights	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light up	present	Harpoon cells fire and a painful sting into the skin						vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The sting gives you a burst of electric power, so you glow for a few minutes

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sting	det
2	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 gives	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 burst	det
6	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 power	case
8	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 power	amod
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burst	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 glow	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 glow	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 glow	nsubj
13	glow	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gives	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 minutes	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 minutes	det
16	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 minutes	amod
17	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 glow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	give	present	the sting	a burst of electric power	you		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient burst=Theme
2	glow	present	you			minute	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	burst			electric power			nom burst «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The sting turns your skin see-through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sting	det
2	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 skin	nmod:poss
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obj
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turns	advcl
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 through	punct
8	through	thorough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 see	compound

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	the sting	your skin					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
2	see	infinitive	the sting not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, jellyfish never sting people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 jellyfish	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sting	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 sting	advmod
5	sting	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sting	present	Nothing jellyfish	people					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer

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