Test 4 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

«my bro reckons the morpho's covered in blue powder like paint» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: reckon, cover, be · To what, where: morpho

This is test 4 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	_	4 reckons	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bro	nmod:poss
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 morpho	det
6	morpho	morpho	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 morpho	case
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 morpho	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 powder	case
10	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 powder	amod
11	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covered	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 paint	case
13	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 powder	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reckons	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon in a quote	present	my bro	the morpho		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent morpho=Attribute
2	cover in a quote	participle		the morpho not said here	in blue powder like paint	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in powder=Theme
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

No, it is blue because it reflects the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 blue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blue	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blue	cop
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 reflects	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reflects	nsubj
8	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blue	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reflects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					blue property	tree rules
2	reflect	present	it	the sky					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it gets the paint from blue berries that it eats every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 paint	det
6	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 berries	case
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 berries	amod
9	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gets	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 eats	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 eats	nsubj
12	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	advcl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	it	the paint		blue berries			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent paint=Theme from berry=Source
2	eat	present	paint				day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, its blue comes from the shape of tiny ridges on the scales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 blue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 blue	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 blue	nmod:poss
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 shape	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shape	det
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ridges	case
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ridges	amod
11	ridges	ridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shape	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 scales	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 scales	det
14	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ridges	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	its blue			the shape of tiny ridges on the scales			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from shape=Initial_Location

Option 4

Yes, it is blue powder that rubs off on your fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 powder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 powder	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 powder	cop
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 powder	amod
6	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 rubs	nsubj
8	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 powder	acl:relcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 rubs	compound:prt
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 fingers	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 fingers	nmod:poss
12	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rubs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	blue powder					tree rules
2	rub off	present	blue powder			your fingers			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on finger=Destination

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