Test 7 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

Why could a pygmy marmoset live in a tree full of big monkeys without fighting them for food?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: pygmy marmoset · What happens: live, fight · To what, where: tree, monkeys

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 marmoset	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 marmoset	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 marmoset	det
4	pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marmoset	amod
5	marmoset	marmoset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tree	amod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 monkeys	case
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 monkeys	amod
13	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 full	obl
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 fighting	mark
15	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 live	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fighting	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 food	case
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fighting	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a pygmy marmoset			a tree			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
2	fight	gerund	a pygmy marmoset not said here	monkeys = monkey				for food	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

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

It eats only the biggest fruit first

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	2 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 fruit	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fruit	det
5	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 fruit	amod
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 eats	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It	the biggest fruit				first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient

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

It eats gum and sap from holes it gnaws, food big monkeys cannot use

The tree, 15 words

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	2 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sap	cc
5	sap	SAP	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gum	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 holes	case
7	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eats	obl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gnaws	nsubj
9	gnaws	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 holes	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 food	punct
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holes	conj
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 monkeys	amod
13	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 use	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 use	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 use	advmod
16	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 food	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	eat	present	It	gum and sap	holes and food	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient
2	gnaw	present	sap	holes and food not said here		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient
3	not use	can	big monkeys	food not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 3

It frightens the big monkeys away with its loud, high screams

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	2 frightens	nsubj
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkeys	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monkeys	amod
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 frightens	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	2 frightens	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	12 screams	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 screams	nmod:poss
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 screams	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 loud	punct
11	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 screams	amod
12	screams	scream	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 frightens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present	It	the big monkeys				with its loud high screams; away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus monkey=Experiencer
2	scream		its = it						nom scream «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It eats the big monkeys' leftovers only

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	2 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkeys	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monkeys	amod
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leftovers	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 monkeys	case
7	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eats	obj
8	only	only	ADV	_	2 eats	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It	the big monkeys's leftovers					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leftover=Patient

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