Test 8 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

Why would two tigers living in one small patch of forest have trouble?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: two tigers · What happens: live, have · To what, where: one small patch, trouble

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 have	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 tigers	nummod
4	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	nsubj
5	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 tigers	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 patch	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 patch	nummod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 patch	amod
9	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 living	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 forest	case
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 patch	nmod
12	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	gerund	two tigers not said here			one small patch of forest			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in patch=Location
2	have	would	two tigers	trouble					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient

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

Tigers are scared of each other's stripes, so they keep running away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 stripes	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 other	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stripes	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 other	case
8	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	nsubj
12	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	parataxis
13	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 keep	xcomp
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 running	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tigers	of each other's stripes; scared property	tree rules
2	keep	present	Tigers = tiger		tree rules
3	run away	gerund	Tigers = tiger not said here	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Prey is spread out, so there is only enough for one tiger in each area

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux:pass
3	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 spread	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 is	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 is	advmod
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 is	expl
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	conj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 enough	advmod
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	8 is	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 tiger	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 tiger	nummod
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 area	case
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 area	det
16	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tiger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	present · passive		Prey				for one tiger in each area	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	be	present				there		enough property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They would get too warm together

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	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
6	together	together	ADV	_	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	They					together, warm property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Two tigers always become friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tigers	nummod
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 become	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 become	advmod
4	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	Two tigers	friends				always property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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