Test 1 · ★★ · The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbo…
«got a tank for my bday, filled it up, chuck the fish in now yeah?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get, fill up, chuck, be · To what, where: tank, fish
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 203 «The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbours» 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: «got a tank for my bday, filled it up, chuck the fish in now yeah?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tank | det |
| 4 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bday | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bday | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bday | bday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tank | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 filled | punct |
| 9 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 filled | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 filled | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 chuck | punct |
| 13 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | parataxis |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fish | det |
| 15 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chuck | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 now | case |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 chuck | obl |
| 18 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 13 chuck | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | a tank | for my bday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tank=Theme for bday=Source | ||||
| 2 | fill up in a quote | past | tank | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 3 | chuck in a quote | infinitive | the fish | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent fish=Theme in now=Destination |
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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Wait while helpful bacteria grow, or the fish may die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 grow | mark |
| 3 | helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bacteria | amod |
| 4 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 die | punct |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 die | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fish | det |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 die | nsubj |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 die | aux |
| 11 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | helpful bacteria | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | die | may | the fish | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
Yes, and add extra food too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 add | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 add | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 add | cc |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 food | amod |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 add | obj |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 add | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | extra food | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, never add fish at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 add | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 add | advmod |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 add | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | fish | all | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, put them all in at once while the water is fresh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | obj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 put | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 put | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 fresh | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fresh | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fresh | cop |
| 13 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 put | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at once=Destination | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the water | fresh property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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