Test 1 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

In Finding Nemo, Nemo swims far out into the open sea. What do real clownfish usually do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nemo, real clownfish · What happens: swim, be, do · To what, where: Finding

This is test 1 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» 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: In Finding Nemo, Nemo swims far out into the open sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Finding	case
2	Finding	Finding	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 swims	obl
3	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Finding	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Finding	punct
5	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 swims	nsubj
6	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	6 swims	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sea	amod
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swims	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 swims	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	Nemo			Finding		into the open sea; out property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination

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 do real clownfish usually do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clownfish	amod
4	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	do	present	real clownfish					usually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

They travel with the sea turtles every year, all the way to the beaches

The tree, 14 words

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	2 travel	nsubj
2	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 turtles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 turtles	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turtles	compound
6	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travel	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travel	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 travel	punct
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travel	obl:unmarked
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 beaches	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beaches	det
15	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	They	all way		the beaches	year	with the sea turtles	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to beach=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They live without any home

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	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 home	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 home	det
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	They					without any home	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They stay very close to their anemone for safety

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	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 close	advmod
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stay	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 anemone	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 anemone	nmod:poss
7	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 safety	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anemone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	They					close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They swim across whole oceans

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	2 swim	nsubj
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 oceans	case
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 oceans	amod
5	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	They			whole oceans			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory

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