Test 7 · ★★★ · Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?

«lemmings swimming across the river, they're just chucking themselves in» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lemmings · What happens: swim, chuck in, be · To what, where: river, lemmings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 150 «Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?» 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	_	3 swimming	punct
2	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swimming	nsubj
3	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swimming	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chucking	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 chucking	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 chucking	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 chucking	advmod
11	chucking	chuck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 swimming	conj
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 chucking	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	11 chucking	compound:prt
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 chucking	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chucking	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 swimming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swim in a quote	gerund	lemmings		the river		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across river=Trajectory
2	chuck in in a quote	present · progressive	lemmings = lemming	lemmings = lemming			tree rules
3	is	present				right property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are moving to find food and space, though some drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 moving	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	aux
3	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 moving	advcl
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 space	cc
8	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drown	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 drown	mark
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 drown	nsubj
12	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	They		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	They not said here	food and space	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic
3	drown	present	some		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, lemmings hate their crowded lives in boom years and give up on purpose

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hate	nsubj
4	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lives	nmod:poss
6	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lives	amod
7	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hate	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 years	compound
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hate	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 give	cc
12	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hate	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 give	compound:prt
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 purpose	case
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	lemmings	lemmings's crowded lives			year		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus
2	give up	present	lemmings not said here			purpose			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, they swim in to drown on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swim	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swim	nsubj
4	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 drown	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drown	mark
7	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 swim	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	they						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drown	to-infinitive	they not said here			purpose			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, lemmings never go near water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	lemmings			water			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near water=Location

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