Test 3 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

What would happen to the frogs of a tree if every bromeliad on it were cut off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, cut off · To what, where: bromeliad

This is test 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 frogs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frogs	det
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frogs	nmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 cut	mark
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 bromeliad	det
12	bromeliad	bromeliad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cut	nsubj:pass
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bromeliad	nmod
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 cut	aux:pass
16	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 cut	compound:prt
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to the frogs of a tree	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut off a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		every bromeliad on tree					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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

Some frogs would lose the pools where their tadpoles grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 frogs	det
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lose	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	aux
4	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pools	det
6	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lose	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 grow	advmod
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tadpoles	nmod:poss
9	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grow	nsubj
10	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	some frogs	the pools					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Eventuality
2	grow	present	frogs's tadpoles						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, the tadpoles would live in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 live	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tadpoles	det
4	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 live	aux
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 soil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soil	det
9	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	would	Nothing			the soil			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soil=Location

Option 3

The frogs would grow bigger without them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frogs	det
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 grow	xcomp
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	the frogs					without them = they; big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The tadpoles would move into the toucan's beak and grow up there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tadpoles	det
2	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 move	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 move	aux
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	9 beak	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toucan	det
7	toucan	toucan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beak	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 toucan	case
9	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 move	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grow	cc
11	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 move	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 grow	compound:prt
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	would	the tadpoles			the toucan's beak			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into beak=Trajectory
2	grow up	present	the tadpoles not said here			there			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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