Test 7 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die
«my mate got stung by a hairy caterpillar so it's venomous like a snake right» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: hairy caterpillar, mate · What happens: sting, be · To what, where: mate
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» 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 | _ | 5 stung | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stung | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stung | aux:pass |
| 5 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 right | advcl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 caterpillar | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 caterpillar | det |
| 8 | hairy | hairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 caterpillar | amod |
| 9 | caterpillar | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stung | obl |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 venomous | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 venomous | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 venomous | cop |
| 13 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stung | parataxis |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 snake | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 snake | det |
| 16 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 venomous | obl |
| 17 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 stung | advmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 stung | punct |
| 19 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 right | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 right | cop |
| 21 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting in a quote | past · passive | a hairy caterpillar | my mate | right property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | mate | like a snake; venomous property | 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
Yes, all caterpillars have tiny fangs full of snake venom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 caterpillars | det |
| 4 | caterpillars | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fangs | amod |
| 7 | fangs | fang | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fangs | amod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 venom | case |
| 10 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 venom | compound |
| 11 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | all caterpillars | tiny fangs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fang=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not quite, many caterpillars just have irritating hairs, not injected venom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 quite | advmod |
| 2 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 4 many | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 quite | punct |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 caterpillars | amod |
| 5 | caterpillars | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | irritating | irritating | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hairs | amod |
| 9 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 venom | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 injected | advmod |
| 12 | injected | inject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 venom | amod |
| 13 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hairs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | many caterpillars | irritating hairs and injected venom | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not inject | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, it was a baby snake dressed as a caterpillar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 snake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 snake | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 snake | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 snake | det |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snake | compound |
| 7 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 snake | acl |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 caterpillar | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 caterpillar | det |
| 11 | caterpillar | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a baby snake | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | a baby snake not said here | as a caterpillar | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
No, caterpillars cannot hurt anyone ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hurt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | caterpillars | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hurt | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hurt | advmod |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 hurt | obj |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | can | caterpillars | anyone | ever | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient |
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