Test 8 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

«the pen stinks and the pigs are lying in muck, pigs are just gross» What is the real problem?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pen, pigs · What happens: stink, lie, be · To what, where: muck, real problem

This is test 8 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	_	4 stinks	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pen	det
3	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stinks	nsubj
4	stinks	stink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lying	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pigs	det
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lying	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lying	aux
9	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stinks	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 muck	case
11	muck	muck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lying	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gross	punct
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gross	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 gross	cop
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 gross	advmod
16	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stinks	advcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 gross	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 problem	obj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 problem	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 problem	det
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 problem	amod
22	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gross	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stink in a quote	present	the pen				vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie in a quote	present · progressive	the pigs		muck		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in muck=Location
3	is in a quote	present	pigs			gross property	tree rules
4	is a	present	pigs not said here	the real 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

Pigs never use a toilet spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spot	det
5	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spot	compound
6	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present	Pigs	a toilet spot					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient

Option 2

Pigs cannot smell bad smells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 smell	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 smell	advmod
4	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smells	amod
6	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not smell	can	Pigs	bad smells					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The pen is too crowded for them to keep bed and toilet apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pen	det
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crowded	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crowded	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 crowded	advmod
5	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 keep	mark
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 crowded	advcl
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 toilet	cc
12	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bed	conj
13	apart	apart	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pen					crowded property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	them = they	bed and toilet				apart property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme

Option 4

Pigs prefer sleeping in their own mess, as it keeps them warm at night

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prefer	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 mess	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mess	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mess	amod
7	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keeps	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 keeps	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keeps	nsubj
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 prefer	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keeps	obj
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keeps	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Pigs					vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sleep not said to happen	gerund	Pigs not said here		Pigs's own mess			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in mess=Location
3	keep	present	mess	Pigs = pig		night	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	mess		Pigs = pig					nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent

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