Test 9 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

«cut a worm with my spade, now I got 2 worms lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: cut, get, be · To what, where: worm, 2 worms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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 cut	punct
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worm	det
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 spade	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spade	nmod:poss
7	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 got	advmod
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
12	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 worms	nummod
13	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 got	obj
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 cut	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cut in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a worm		with my spade	tree rules
2	get in a quote	past	I	2 worms	now		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus
3	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, at best the front half lives and regrows a tail; the back half usually dies

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 lives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lives	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 best	case
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 lives	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 half	det
6	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 half	amod
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 lives	nsubj
8	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 regrows	cc
10	regrows	regrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lives	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tail	det
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regrows	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 dies	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 half	det
15	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 half	compound
16	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	18 dies	nsubj
17	usually	usually	ADV	_	18 dies	advmod
18	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	live	present	the front half		well property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regrow	present	the front half not said here	a tail		tree rules
3	die	present	the back half		usually property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, and each half grows a new head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 grows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grows	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grows	cc
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 half	det
5	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 grows	nsubj
6	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 head	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 head	amod
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	each half	a new head					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme

Option 3

Yes, two worms for the price of one, because each half grows whatever it is missing

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 worms	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 worms	nummod
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 price	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 price	det
7	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worms	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 one	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 price	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 grows	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 grows	mark
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 half	det
13	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	14 grows	nsubj
14	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worms	conj
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 grows	obj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 missing	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 missing	cop
18	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	each half	whatever					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme
2	is	present	half					missing property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, worms split on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 worms	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 worms	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	participle		worms not said here		purpose			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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