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Test 11 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C

A guinea pig is seen eating its own soft droppings. What should the owner think?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guinea pig, owner · What happens: see, eat, think · To what, where: guinea pig, own soft droppings

This is test 11 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» 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

Sentence 1: A guinea pig is seen eating its own soft droppings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pig	det
2	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pig	compound
3	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux:pass
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 seen	xcomp
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 droppings	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 droppings	amod
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 droppings	amod
10	droppings	dropping	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eating	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		a guinea pig					tree rules
2	eat	gerund	a guinea pig not said here	pig's own soft droppings					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=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.

Sentence 2: What should the owner think?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 think	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owner	det
4	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	should	the owner						vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1

It is bored and must get a toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bored	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	cop
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bored	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toy	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					bored property	tree rules
2	get	must		a toy					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toy=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is very ill and needs surgery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ill	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 ill	advmod
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needs	cc
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	conj
7	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					ill property	tree rules
2	need	present		surgery					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot surgery=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

This is normal and helps it get more goodness from food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 helps	cc
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 helps	obj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helps	xcomp
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 goodness	amod
9	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	This					normal property	tree rules
2	help	present	This not said here	it					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	get	infinitive		more goodness		food			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent goodness=Theme from food=Source

Option 4

It is starving and needs meat and fish added to its dinner every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	aux
3	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 needs	cc
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	conj
6	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fish	cc
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meat	conj
9	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 meat	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 dinner	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dinner	nmod:poss
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 added	obl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starving	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	present · progressive	It				day		tree rules
2	need	present		meat and fish					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot meat=Theme
3	add speech: assert	participle		meat and fish not said here				to fish's dinner	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to dinner=Co-Patient

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