Test 9 · ★ · Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders

«why bother feeding birds, they managed for ages without us» Why can it help in winter?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feeding birds, it · What happens: feed, manage, help

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 216 «Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders» 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	_	8 managed	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 managed	advmod
3	bother	bother	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
4	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 birds	amod
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 managed	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 birds	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 managed	nsubj
8	managed	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ages	case
10	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 managed	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 us	case
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 managed	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 managed	punct
14	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 help	advmod
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 help	aux
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 help	nsubj
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 managed	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 winter	case
19	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 help	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 managed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	feed in a quote	gerund				vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	manage in a quote	past	bother feeding birds	for ages	without us	vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	can	it	winter		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

Birds hibernate all winter and need food left out to help them wake up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hibernate	nsubj
2	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 winter	det
4	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hibernate	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 need	cc
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hibernate	conj
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 food	acl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 left	compound:prt
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 help	obj
13	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 help	xcomp
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	hibernate	present	Birds		winter	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
2	need	present	Birds not said here	food		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme
3	leave out	participle		food not said here		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	help	to-infinitive	Birds not said here	Birds = bird		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5	wake up	infinitive	Birds = bird not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Birds cannot eat at all in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eat	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 eat	advmod
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 eat	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	can	Birds			all	winter		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Birds only eat bird seed bought from shops, nothing they find for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seed	compound
5	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
6	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 seed	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 shops	case
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bought	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 seed	appos
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 find	nsubj
12	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 nothing	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 themselves	case
14	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Birds	bird seed			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient
2	buy	participle		bird seed not said here	shops		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from shop=Source
3	find	present	Birds = bird			for Birds = bird	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for themselves=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Short days and cold nights make it hard for small birds to get enough food

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 days	amod
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 nights	cc
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nights	amod
5	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 days	conj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 birds	case
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 birds	amod
11	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 get	mark
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	advcl
14	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 food	amod
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Short days and cold nights	it				for small birds; hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for bird=Beneficiary
2	get	to-infinitive	Short days and cold nights not said here	enough food					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

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