Test 4 · ★ · Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfi…

«my uncle says giant clams snap shut and drown divers, legit?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, giant clams · What happens: say, snap, drown, be · To what, where: divers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 172 «Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfish and giant clams» 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

Sentence 1: «my uncle says giant clams snap shut and drown divers, legit?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clams	amod
6	clams	clam	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 snap	nsubj
7	snap	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snap	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drown	cc
10	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 snap	conj
11	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drown	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 legit	punct
13	legit	legit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 divers	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	snap in a quote	present	giant clams		shut property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drown in a quote	present	giant clams not said here	divers and legit		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diver=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, that is a myth: they close slowly and usually not fully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 myth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 myth	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 myth	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 myth	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 myth	det
6	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 close	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 close	nsubj
9	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 myth	parataxis
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 close	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 slowly	cc
12	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 close	advmod
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fully	advmod
14	fully	fully	ADV	_	9 close	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	a myth					tree rules
2	close	present	they					fully, slowly, usually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Yes, it happens every week, ask any diver on the reef

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 happens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happens	nsubj
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ask	advcl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happens	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 diver	det
10	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 reef	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 reef	det
13	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	it				week		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	any diver		the reef			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent diver=Recipient

Option 3

No, giant clams cannot close at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 close	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 close	punct
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clams	amod
4	clams	clam	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 close	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 close	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not close	can	giant clams			all			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, they bite like sharks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bite	nsubj
4	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 sharks	case
6	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	they					like sharks	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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