Test 6 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous
In The Jungle Book, the snake Kaa only hypnotises Mowgli. What do real scientists do with snake venom?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: snake, real scientists · What happens: hypnotis, be, do · To what, where: Mowgli, Jungle Book
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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 The Jungle Book, the snake Kaa only hypnotises Mowgli.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Book | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Book | det |
| 3 | Jungle | Jungle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Book | compound |
| 4 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hypnotises | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Book | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snake | det |
| 7 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hypnotises | nsubj |
| 8 | Kaa | Kaa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 snake | appos |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 hypnotises | advmod |
| 10 | hypnotises | hypnotis | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hypnotises | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 hypnotises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypnotis | present | the snake | Mowgli | the Jungle Book | 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.
Sentence 2: What do real scientists do with snake venom?
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 scientists | amod |
| 4 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 venom | case |
| 7 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 venom | compound |
| 8 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | 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 scientists | with snake venom | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Collect it to make antivenom that saves lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collect | collect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Collect | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 make | mark |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Collect | advcl |
| 5 | antivenom | antivenom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 saves | nsubj |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 antivenom | acl:relcl |
| 8 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | imperative | you not said here | it | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | antivenom | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset antivenom=Product | ||||
| 3 | save | present | antivenom | lives | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
Option 2
Pour it on plants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 plants | case |
| 4 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pour | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | it | plants | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Use it to hypnotise people, like the snake in the films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 hypnotise | mark |
| 4 | hypnotise | hypnotise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | advcl |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hypnotise | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 snake | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 snake | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 snake | det |
| 9 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 films | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 films | det |
| 12 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 snake | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | it | like the snake in the films | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | hypnotise | to-infinitive | you not said here | people | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing, venom is useless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 venom | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 useless | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 useless | cop |
| 5 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing venom | useless property | tree rules |
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