Test 6 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn. What do real squirrels do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: squirrel, film, real squirrels · What happens: spend, chase, be, do · To what, where: film, Ice Age, one single acorn

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Age	case
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Age	compound
3	Age	Age	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spends	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Scrat	punct
5	Scrat	Scrat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Age	flat
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 squirrel	det
7	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spends	nsubj
8	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 film	det
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spends	obj
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 film	acl
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 acorn	nummod
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 acorn	amod
14	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chasing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present	the squirrel	every film			in Ice Age		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Asset
2	chase	gerund	every film not said here	one single acorn					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=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 do real squirrels do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 squirrels	amod
4	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	do	present	real squirrels						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Keep only one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other animal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 one	advmod
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 nut	nummod
4	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 guard	cc
10	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 guard	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 animal	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 animal	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animal	amod
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	one nut				for their whole life	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
2	guard	infinitive	you not said here	nut				from every other animal	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from animal=Theme

Option 2

Store nuts only in their cheeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nuts	compound
2	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 cheeks	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cheeks	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cheeks	nmod:poss
6	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nuts	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Bury thousands of nuts and find many again by memory and smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bury	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 nuts	case
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 thousands	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 find	cc
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bury	conj
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 find	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 find	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 memory	case
10	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 smell	cc
12	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 memory	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	thousands of nuts					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme
2	find	present	you not said here	many			again	by memory and smell	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic

Option 4

Never eat nuts at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 eat	advmod
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	imperative	you not said here	nuts		all			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient

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