Test 7 · ★★★ · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

«cut a worm in half, now I got two pets» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: cut, get, be · To what, where: worm, half, two pets · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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	_	2 cut	punct
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worm	det
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 half	case
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 cut	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 got	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	advcl
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pets	nummod
12	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a worm	half			tree rules
2	get in a quote	past	I	two pets		now		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus
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

No, at best the front half survives and regrows a tail; usually the back half dies

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 survives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 survives	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 best	case
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 survives	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 half	det
6	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 half	amod
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 survives	nsubj
8	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 regrows	cc
10	regrows	regrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 survives	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tail	det
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regrows	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 dies	punct
14	usually	usually	ADV	_	17 half	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 half	det
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 half	compound
17	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	18 dies	nsubj
18	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 survives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	survive	present	the front half		well property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regrow	present	the front half not said here	a tail		tree rules
3	die	present	the back half			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, worms do it on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl

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

Option 3

Yes, and both halves grow new heads and go on living as two worms

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grow	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grow	cc
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 halves	det
5	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grow	nsubj
6	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heads	amod
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grow	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	conj
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 go	xcomp
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 worms	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 worms	nummod
15	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	both halves	new heads					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
2	go on	present	both halves not said here					as two worms; living property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, two worms for one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 worms	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 worms	nummod
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 worms	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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