Test 6 · ★★ · The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbo…
«my betta's in a jam jar, he doesn't need more, right?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: betta · What happens: be, not need · To what, where: jam jar, more
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «my betta's in a jam jar, he doesn't need more, right?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 betta | nmod:poss |
| 3 | betta | betta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jar | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 jar | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 jar | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 jar | det |
| 7 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jar | compound |
| 8 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 need | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 need | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 need | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 need | advmod |
| 13 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 jar | parataxis |
| 14 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 need | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 more | punct |
| 16 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 13 need | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my betta | a jam jar | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not need in a quote | present · do-support | betta | more | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme |
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
He should share with another male betta
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 share | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 share | aux |
| 3 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 betta | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 betta | det |
| 6 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 betta | amod |
| 7 | betta | betta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | should | He | with another male betta | tree rules |
Option 2
A jam jar is perfect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 jar | det |
| 2 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jar | compound |
| 3 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perfect | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 perfect | cop |
| 5 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a jam jar | perfect property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He needs a bigger warm tank with a filter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tank | det |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 tank | amod |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tank | amod |
| 6 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 filter | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 filter | det |
| 9 | filter | filter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tank | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | He | a bigger warm tank | with a filter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He needs ice water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 water | compound |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | He | ice water | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme |
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