Test 2 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

«ugh sloths are so lazy, just get a move on» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ugh sloths · What happens: be, get on · To what, where: move, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» 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	_	6 lazy	punct
2	ugh	ugh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sloths	amod
3	sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lazy	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lazy	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 lazy	advmod
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 lazy	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 move	det
11	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	9 get	compound:prt
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
14	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 answer	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 answer	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 answer	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 answer	amod
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lazy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	ugh sloths		lazy property	tree rules
2	get on in a quote	infinitive		a move		tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		the best answer		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 · ✓ the right answer

Their leaf food gives little energy, and moving slowly saves it and hides them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 food	nmod:poss
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 food	compound
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 energy	amod
6	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 saves	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 saves	cc
9	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 saves	csubj
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 moving	advmod
11	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gives	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saves	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hides	cc
14	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gives	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present	Their leaf food	little energy		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme
2	move	gerund			slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	save	present	moving	energy		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	hide	present	Their leaf food not said here	them = they		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

They are fast at night when we do not see them

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 fast	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fast	cop
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fast	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 see	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 see	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 see	advmod
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fast	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They				night	fast property	tree rules
2	not see	present · do-support	we	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sloths move slowly because they are very old, and the young ones run about all day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 old	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 old	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 old	advmod
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 move	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 run	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 run	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ones	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 run	nsubj
14	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 move	parataxis
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 day	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Sloths		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Sloths = sloth		old property	tree rules
3	run	present	the young ones	day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Sloths are ill, healthy ones run fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sloths	sloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ill	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	cop
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ones	amod
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	conj
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sloths					ill property	tree rules
2	run	present	healthy ones					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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