Test 9 · Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas

«why does nobody worry about pandas anymore» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody · What happens: worry, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 135 «Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas» 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	_	5 worry	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 worry	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worry	aux
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 worry	nsubj
5	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 pandas	case
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worry	obl
8	anymore	anymore	ADV	_	5 worry	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 worry	punct
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worry	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry in a quote	present · do-support	nobody					about pandas; anymore property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is	present						right property	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

Pandas are now everywhere in China, even in the cities, so they need no more help at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 everywhere	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 everywhere	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 everywhere	advmod
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 everywhere	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cities	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 cities	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cities	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cities	det
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 everywhere	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 need	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 need	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 need	nsubj
15	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 everywhere	parataxis
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 help	det
17	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 help	amod
18	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 need	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pandas			China	now	in the cities; everywhere property	tree rules
2	need	present	Pandas = panda	no more help		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pandas no longer exist in the wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exist	nsubj
2	no	no	ADV	_	3 longer	advmod
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	Pandas			the wild		long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location

Option 3

Pandas only live in zoos now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 zoos	case
5	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Pandas			zoos	now		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their numbers rose with protected forests, but about 1,800 are still in the wild

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 numbers	nmod:poss
2	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 forests	case
5	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 forests	amod
6	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wild	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 wild	cc
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 1,800	advmod
10	1,800	1,800	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 wild	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wild	cop
12	still	still	ADV	_	15 wild	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 wild	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wild	det
15	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	Their numbers			with protected forests	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	protect	participle					vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	1,800	the wild	still		tree rules

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