Test 9 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

«that eel n grouper are mates?? they're fish ffs» Is it true they hunt together?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: n grouper, mates · What happens: be, hunt · To what, where: mates

This is test 9 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	_	7 mates	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 grouper	det
3	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 n	compound
4	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grouper	compound
5	grouper	grouper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mates	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mates	cop
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 true	nsubj
8	??	??	ADP	_	12 ffs	case
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ffs	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ffs	cop
11	fish	fish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ffs	amod
12	ffs	ff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mates	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 mates	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 true	nsubj
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hunt	nsubj
18	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	parataxis
19	together	together	ADV	_	18 hunt	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	that n grouper	mates		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	mates = mate		?? fish ffs	tree rules
3	is	present	mates		true property	tree rules
4	hunt	present	mates = mate		together property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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, but only in aquariums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 aquariums	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 aquariums	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 aquariums	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 aquariums	case
6	aquariums	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

No, groupers eat eels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	groupers	grouper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	groupers	eels					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Patient

Option 3

No, eels and groupers always fight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 eels	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fight	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 groupers	cc
5	groupers	grouper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eels	conj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fight	advmod
7	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present	eels and groupers					always property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, the grouper shakes its head to invite the eel and they hunt as a team

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shakes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grouper	det
4	grouper	grouper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shakes	nsubj
5	shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shakes	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 invite	mark
9	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shakes	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eel	det
11	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invite	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hunt	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hunt	nsubj
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shakes	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 team	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 team	det
17	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shake	present	the grouper	grouper's head		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient
2	invite	to-infinitive	the grouper not said here	the eel		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Recipient
3	hunt	present	they		as a team	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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