Test 6 · The city as a habitat

A crow drops a nut on the road and waits by the traffic lights. What is it doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: crow · What happens: drop, wait, do · To what, where: nut, road

This is test 6 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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

Sentence 1: A crow drops a nut on the road and waits by the traffic lights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drops	nsubj
3	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nut	det
5	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drops	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drops	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 waits	cc
10	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drops	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 lights	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lights	det
13	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lights	compound
14	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 waits	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	a crow	a nut		the road			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nut=Theme on road=Destination
2	wait	present	a crow not said here					by the traffic lights	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by light=Location

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.

Sentence 2: What is it doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 doing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 doing	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doing	nsubj
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	crow						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Trying to stop the traffic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 stop	mark
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Trying	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 traffic	det
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive		the traffic					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality traffic=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Using cars to crack the nut and collecting the pieces at the red light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Using	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 crack	mark
4	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Using	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nut	det
6	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crack	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 collecting	cc
8	collecting	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Using	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pieces	det
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 collecting	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 light	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 light	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 light	amod
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 collecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	use	gerund	cars		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient
2	crack	to-infinitive	the nut		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme
3	collect	gerund	the pieces	the red light	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

Option 3

Planting a nut in a crack so that a new tree grows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planting	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 grows	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nut	det
3	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planting	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 crack	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crack	det
6	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planting	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 tree	case
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planting	obl
12	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	gerund		a nut		a crack		so a new tree	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nut=Theme in crack=Destination
2	grow	present	Planting						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Throwing rubbish away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throwing	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throwing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	gerund		rubbish				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme

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