Test 7 · Elephants: the trunk and everything it does

oi why's the elephant just standing there sniffing the air like a weirdo

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi · What happens: be, stand, sniff · To what, where: elephant, air

This is test 7 of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	7 standing	nsubj
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 elephant	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 elephant	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 elephant	det
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 oi	appos
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 standing	advmod
7	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 standing	advmod
9	sniffing	sniff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 standing	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 air	det
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sniffing	obj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 weirdo	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 weirdo	det
14	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sniffing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the elephant			tree rules
2	stand	gerund	oi		there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sniff	gerund	oi not said here	the air		like a weirdo	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's checking if it's going to snow

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 checking	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 checking	aux
3	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 going	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 going	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 checking	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 snow	mark
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · progressive	It						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	it	snow					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It's trying to sneeze on the crowd

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 trying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sneeze	mark
5	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 crowd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowd	det
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneeze	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	It						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sneeze not said to happen	to-infinitive				the crowd			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's smelling for water or other elephants far away

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 smelling	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smelling	aux
3	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelling	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 elephants	cc
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 elephants	amod
8	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 water	conj
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	3 smelling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present · progressive	It					for water or other elephants; away property	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It can't see a thing, so it's smelling for the keeper with the food

The tree, 16 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	4 see	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thing	det
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smelling	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 smelling	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 smelling	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 smelling	aux
11	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 see	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 keeper	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 keeper	det
14	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smelling	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 food	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 food	det
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	It	a thing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
2	smell	present · progressive	thing					for the keeper; with the food	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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