Test 7 · ★★ · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

«my mate's getting a mini pig, it'll stay tiny like a puppy» What should he know?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, pig · What happens: get, stay, know · To what, where: mini pig, puppy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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	_	5 getting	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 getting	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 getting	aux
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 stay	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pig	det
7	mini	mini	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pig	amod
8	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 getting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 getting	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stay	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 stay	aux
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stay	xcomp
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 puppy	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 puppy	det
16	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tiny	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 puppy	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 know	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 know	aux
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 know	nsubj
21	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 puppy	acl:relcl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · progressive	my mate	a mini pig		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pig=Stimulus
2	stay in a quote	future	mate		tiny property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	should	pig	a puppy		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=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

Mini pigs are born full size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mini	mini	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigs	amod
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 born	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Mini pigs					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary size=Patient

Option 2

Mini pigs never grow at all, they stay the size of a puppy for life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mini	mini	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigs	amod
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stay	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stay	nsubj
9	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 size	det
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 puppy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 puppy	det
14	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 size	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow	present	Mini pigs			all			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location
2	stay	present	pigs = pig	the size of a puppy				for life	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme size=Location

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

Mini pigs often grow as big as a big dog or more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mini	mini	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigs	amod
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 big	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grow	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 dog	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 more	cc
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 dog	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Mini pigs					as a big dog; big, often property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Mini pigs turn into rabbits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mini	mini	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pigs	amod
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 rabbits	case
5	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Mini pigs					into rabbits result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rabbit=Result

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