Test 2 · ★ · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr…

«sloth's coming down the tree, he's gonna have a wee walk» What is it really doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sloth, walk · What happens: come down, be, do · To what, where: tree, wee walk

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» 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	_	4 coming	punct
2	sloth	sloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coming	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coming	aux
4	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 have	advcl
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coming	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 coming	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 have	cop
11	gonna	gonna	PART	_	12 have	mark
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 walk	det
14	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 walk	amod
15	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 walk	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 doing	obj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 doing	aux
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 doing	nsubj
20	really	really	ADV	_	21 doing	advmod
21	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 walk	acl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come down in a quote	present · progressive	sloth	the tree		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	sloth		have property	tree rules
3	do	present · progressive	walk	a wee walk		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Hunting for insects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 insects	case
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund						for insects	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for insect=Theme

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

Climbing down to poo, about once a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Climbing	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 poo	case
4	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climbing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 once	punct
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 once	advmod
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Climbing	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb down	gerund				poo		down, once property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to poo=Destination

Option 3

Going for a swim every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 swim	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 swim	det
4	swim	swim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Going	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Going	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund					day	for a swim	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for swim=Beneficiary

Option 4

Looking for a new tree to live in, as they move every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 move	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 tree	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 live	mark
7	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	advcl
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 live	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 move	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 move	nsubj
12	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 move	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund			for a new tree	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tree=Theme
2	live in	to-infinitive				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	move	present	they	night		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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