Test 2 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…

«that ant line's carrying salad for dinner» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: carrying salad · What happens: carry, be

This is test 2 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» 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	_	7 salad	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 line	det
3	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 line	compound
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 line	case
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 salad	amod
7	salad	salad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 right	nsubj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 dinner	case
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salad	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 salad	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry in a quote	gerund							vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	that ant line's carrying salad for dinner					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

Yes, ants love leaf salad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 salad	compound
6	salad	salad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	ants	leaf salad					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salad=Stimulus

Option 2

They are building a leafy roof

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 building	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 building	aux
3	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roof	det
5	leafy	leafy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roof	amod
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 building	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · progressive	They	a leafy roof					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset roof=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are carrying leaves to grow fungus, which is what they eat

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 carrying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carrying	aux
3	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carrying	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 carrying	advcl
7	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 what	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	cop
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fungus	conj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	nsubj
13	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	carry	present · progressive	They	leaves	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme
2	grow	to-infinitive	They not said here	fungus	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fungus=Theme
3	is a	present	fungus		tree rules
4	eat	present	leaves = leaf		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are taking the leaves down to the river to make little boats

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 taking	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taking	aux
3	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leaves	det
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taking	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	3 taking	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 down	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taking	advcl
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 boats	amod
13	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · progressive	They	the leaves				down property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	They not said here	little boats					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product

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