Test 7 · Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatu…

«chucked my plastic bag in the sea, it'll just float, no biggie» Why is it a problem?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bag · What happens: chuck, float, be · To what, where: plastic bag, sea, biggie, problem

This is test 7 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 chucked	punct
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bag	nmod:poss
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bag	amod
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 float	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 float	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 float	aux
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 float	advmod
13	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 chucked	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 biggie	punct
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 biggie	det
16	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 float	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 biggie	punct
18	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	22 problem	advmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 problem	cop
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 problem	nsubj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 problem	det
22	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 float	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	chuck in a quote	past		my plastic bag	the sea	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bag=Theme in sea=Destination
2	float in a quote	future	bag	no biggie		vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location biggie=Theme
3	is a	present	bag	a problem		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

It will turn into a jellyfish after a few weeks in salty water

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	3 turn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 jellyfish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jellyfish	det
6	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 weeks	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 weeks	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weeks	amod
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	It			a jellyfish	week	in salty water	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into jellyfish=Source in water=Trajectory

Option 2

The sea dissolves it in a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	nsubj
3	dissolves	dissolve	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 dissolves	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	the sea	it			day		vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

It will help fish build nests

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	3 help	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	obj
5	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	future	It	fish					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent fish=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	build	infinitive	fish not said here	nests					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product

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

A turtle may take it for a jellyfish, eat it and get its stomach blocked

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 turtle	det
2	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 take	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 jellyfish	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jellyfish	det
8	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eat	punct
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 take	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 eat	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 take	conj
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 stomach	nmod:poss
15	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blocked	nsubj
16	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 get	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	may	a turtle	it	for a jellyfish	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for jellyfish=Beneficiary
2	eat	infinitive	a turtle not said here	turtle		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	get	infinitive	a turtle not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	block	past	turtle's stomach			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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