Test 8 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls
What would happen to a small fish that swims up to an anglerfish's light?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: small fish, anglerfish · What happens: happen, swim up, light · To what, where: light
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fish | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fish | amod |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 swims | nsubj |
| 9 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fish | acl:relcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 swims | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 light | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 anglerfish | det |
| 13 | anglerfish | anglerfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 light | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 anglerfish | case |
| 15 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swims | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | to a small fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | swim up | present | a small fish | a anglerfish's light | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to light=Destination | ||||
| 3 | light | a anglerfish | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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.
The options
Option 1
It would be warmed by the glowing light and then swim off safely home
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 | 4 warmed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 warmed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 warmed | aux:pass |
| 4 | warmed | warm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 light | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 light | det |
| 7 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 light | amod |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 warmed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 swim | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 swim | advmod |
| 11 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 warmed | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 swim | compound:prt |
| 13 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 11 swim | advmod |
| 14 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 swim | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warm | would · passive | the glowing light | It | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | swim off | infinitive | the glowing light not said here | then | home, safely property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would likely be grabbed, with inward teeth stopping its escape
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 | 5 grabbed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 grabbed | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 grabbed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 grabbed | aux:pass |
| 5 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 teeth | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 teeth | case |
| 8 | inward | inward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 teeth | amod |
| 9 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grabbed | obl |
| 10 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 teeth | acl |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 escape | nmod:poss |
| 12 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stopping | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | would · passive | It | with inward teeth; likely property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | gerund | inward teeth not said here | its escape | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality escape=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | escape | its = it | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
It would make friends with the anglerfish
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 make | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 anglerfish | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 anglerfish | det |
| 7 | anglerfish | anglerfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | It | friends | with the anglerfish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material friend=Product |
Option 4
It would be shown the way home
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 | 4 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 shown | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shown | aux:pass |
| 4 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shown | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 shown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | would · passive | It | the way obl:unmarked; home property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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