Test 5 · ★ · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice

«gerbil cage smells way less than the rabbit one, weird» Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: gerbil cage · What happens: smell · To what, where: way

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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 smells	punct
2	gerbil	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cage	compound
3	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smells	nsubj
4	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smells	obl:unmarked
6	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 smells	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 rabbit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rabbit	det
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 less	obl
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 less	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 weird	punct
12	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smells	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 weird	punct
14	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 smells	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 smells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell in a quote	present	gerbil cage	way				less property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Gerbils never go to the toilet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gerbils	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 toilet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toilet	det
6	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	Gerbils			the toilet			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial_Location

Option 2

Gerbils clean the cage themselves every night with their paws and tails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gerbils	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clean	nsubj
2	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cage	det
4	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clean	obj
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 clean	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clean	obl:unmarked
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 paws	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 paws	nmod:poss
10	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clean	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tails	cc
12	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 paws	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	Gerbils	the cage			night	with Gerbils's paws and tails	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent cage=Beneficiary themselves=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Gerbils make dry droppings and very little urine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gerbils	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 droppings	amod
4	droppings	dropping	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 urine	cc
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 little	advmod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 urine	amod
8	urine	urine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 droppings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Gerbils	dry droppings and little urine					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dropping=Product

Option 4

Gerbils smell like flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gerbils	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smell	nsubj
2	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 flowers	case
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Gerbils					like flowers	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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