Test 8 · Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kaka…

«saw crabs everywhere on the road, someone tell em to go back to the sea» What is really happening?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone · What happens: see, tell, go back, happen · To what, where: crabs, road, em · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 181 «Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs» 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	_	2 saw	punct
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obj
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 saw	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 tell	nsubj
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saw	conj
11	em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 tell	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tell	xcomp
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 happening	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 happening	aux
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 happening	advmod
22	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 tell	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past		crabs		the road	everywhere property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crab=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	someone		em = they			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go back not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	someone not said here				to the sea result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result
4	happen	present · progressive						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Crabs are running from a storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 running	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 running	aux
3	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 storm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 storm	det
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present · progressive	Crabs			a storm			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from storm=Trajectory

Option 2

Crabs are lost and cannot find their way back to the water after the rain

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 find	cc
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 find	advmod
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 way	nmod:poss
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	7 find	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 back	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 rain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rain	det
16	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Crabs					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	not find	can		Crabs's way			after the rain		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Red crabs are walking from the forest to the sea to lay their eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 crabs	amod
2	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walking	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walking	aux
4	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walking	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walking	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 lay	mark
12	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walking	advcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 eggs	nmod:poss
14	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · progressive	Red crabs			the forest		to the sea result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result
2	lay	to-infinitive	Red crabs not said here	crabs's eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 4

Crabs are looking for food on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	Crabs			the road		for food	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=Theme on road=Location

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