Test 6 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

«lol that sea slug is so bright, it's begging to be eaten» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea slug, slug · What happens: be, beg, eat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 begging	punct
2	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 begging	discourse
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 bright	mark
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slug	compound
5	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bright	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bright	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 bright	advmod
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 begging	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bright	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 begging	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 begging	aux
12	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	15 eaten	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 eaten	aux:pass
15	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 begging	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 eaten	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eaten	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 begging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	sea slug	bright property	tree rules
2	beg speech: request in a quote	present · progressive	slug		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	slug not said here		tree rules
4	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, bright colours warn that it tastes bad or stings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 warn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 warn	punct
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colours	amod
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 warn	nsubj
5	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 tastes	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tastes	nsubj
8	tastes	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 warn	ccomp
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tastes	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 warn	cc
11	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	bright colours	stings					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent sting=Recipient clause=Topic
2	taste	present	it					bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, bright colours make it extra tasty, like sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 colours	amod
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
8	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sweets	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 sweets	case
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	bright colours	it				extra, tasty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

Yes, it wants to be eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 eaten	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 eaten	aux:pass
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	it						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

No, it is bright because it is made of plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 bright	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bright	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bright	cop
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 made	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bright	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 plastic	case
11	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					bright property	tree rules
2	make	present · passive		it				of plastic	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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