Test 10 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

In Bambi the fire destroys the forest forever. What is real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire · What happens: destroy, be · To what, where: forest, Bambi

This is test 10 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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: In Bambi the fire destroys the forest forever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Bambi	case
2	Bambi	Bambi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 destroys	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destroys	nsubj
5	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destroys	obj
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 destroys	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 destroys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present	the fire	the forest		Bambi		forever property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient

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 real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						real property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Deer cannot live anywhere there has been a fire, so they leave that forest for good

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 live	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 live	advmod
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 there	advmod
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 live	advmod
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fire	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 fire	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 leave	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 leave	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leave	nsubj
14	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 live	parataxis
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 leave	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 good	case
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not live	can	Deer		there		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present · perfect		a fire			tree rules
3	leave	present	Deer	that forest		for good	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent forest=Theme for good=Recipient

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

Many forests recover, and deer feed on the fresh plants after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forests	amod
2	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recover	nsubj
3	recover	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feed	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feed	cc
6	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feed	nsubj
7	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recover	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 plants	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plants	det
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plants	amod
11	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feed	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	7 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	present	Many forests						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	feed	present	deer			the fresh plants			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent after=Recipient

Option 3

Fire turns the soil into stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 stone	case
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Fire	the soil		stone			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent soil=Theme into stone=Trajectory

Option 4

Forests never grow back after a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 grow	advmod
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 grow	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow back	present	Forests				after a fire		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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