Test 3 · ★★ · Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth

«we won a goldfish at the fair, the little bowl's fine innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: win, be · To what, where: goldfish, fair · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth» 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	_	3 won	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 won	nsubj
3	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 goldfish	det
5	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 fair	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fair	det
8	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bowl	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bowl	amod
12	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 innit	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bowl	case
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 innit	amod
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fair	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 won	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 won	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win in a quote	past	we	a goldfish		the fair and the little bowl's fine innit			tree rules
2	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

A bowl is perfect for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bowl	det
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perfect	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 perfect	cop
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 life	case
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perfect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a bowl					for life; perfect property	tree rules

Option 2

It only lives a week anyway

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 lives	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 lives	advmod
3	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 week	det
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lives	obl:unmarked
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 lives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It				week	anyway property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It needs a big tank with a filter, as it can grow big and live for years

The tree, 17 words

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	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	5 tank	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tank	amod
5	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 filter	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 filter	det
8	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tank	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grow	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 grow	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grow	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 grow	aux
13	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	parataxis
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grow	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 live	cc
16	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 grow	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 years	case
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	It	a big tank		with a filter	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme
2	grow	can	tank			big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	live	present	tank not said here		year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It needs no water changes, because goldfish clean the water by swallowing the dirt

The tree, 14 words

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	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 changes	nsubj
5	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 needs	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 clean	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 clean	mark
8	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 clean	nsubj
9	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 needs	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clean	obj
12	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 swallowing	mark
13	swallowing	swallow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 clean	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dirt	det
15	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swallowing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	It		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	change	present	no water		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	clean	present	goldfish	the water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient
4	swallow	gerund	goldfish not said here	the dirt	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Patient

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