Test 9 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

What would happen to a pale pig left in a field with no shade or mud on a hot sunny day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, leave · To what, where: pale pig, field

This is test 9 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	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 pig	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pig	det
6	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pig	amod
7	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pig	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 shade	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 shade	det
14	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 mud	cc
16	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shade	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	21 day	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 day	det
19	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 day	amod
20	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 day	amod
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to a pale pig	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	participle		a pale pig not said here			day	in a field result; with no shade or mud	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in field=Result

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

Nothing, because pigs never get too hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 get	mark
4	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	conj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 hot	advmod
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	present	pigs					hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It would sweat a lot and stay nice and cool

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 sweat	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sweat	aux
3	sweat	sweat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sweat	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stay	cc
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sweat	conj
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cool	cc
10	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweat	would	It	a lot					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
2	stay	infinitive						nice property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It could get sunburnt and overheat

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 get	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sunburnt	sunburnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 overheat	cc
6	overheat	overheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	could	It					sunburnt property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	overheat	present							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Its skin would turn black to protect it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 skin	nmod:poss
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turn	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 protect	mark
7	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 turn	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	Its skin					black property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	protect	to-infinitive	Its skin not said here	skin					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

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