Test 11 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

«wild boar in the park dug up the whole lawn, why» What were they doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wild boar, they · What happens: dig up, do · To what, where: whole lawn

This is test 11 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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	_	7 dug	punct
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boar	amod
3	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dug	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 park	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 park	det
6	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boar	nmod
7	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 dug	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lawn	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lawn	amod
11	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dug	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 why	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 dug	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 dug	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 doing	obj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 doing	aux
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 doing	nsubj
18	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 dug	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up in a quote	past	wild boar in the park	the whole lawn					tree rules
2	do	past · progressive	they						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice

Building a nest under the grass to hide their piglets in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nest	det
3	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Building	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Building	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hide	mark
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Building	advcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 piglets	nmod:poss
10	piglets	piglet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hide	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	8 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund		a nest		the grass			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product
2	hide	to-infinitive		their piglets					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piglet=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Digging with their snouts for roots, worms and grubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 snouts	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 snouts	nmod:poss
4	snouts	snout	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Digging	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 roots	case
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Digging	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worms	punct
8	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roots	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grubs	cc
10	grubs	grub	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roots	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund						with their snouts; for roots and worms and grubs	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with snout=Instrument

Option 3

Playing football with the turf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 turf	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 turf	det
5	turf	turf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		football				with the turf	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent football=Theme with turf=Co-Agent

Option 4

Looking for water pipes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 pipes	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pipes	compound
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						for water pipes	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for pipe=Theme

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