Test 1 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs

«mate chopped a worm in half with his spade, says now he's got 2 worms lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: chop, say, get, be · To what, where: worm, half, 2 worms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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 chopped	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chopped	nsubj
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 worm	det
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chopped	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 half	case
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 worm	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 spade	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 spade	nmod:poss
10	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 half	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chopped	conj
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 says	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 got	aux
16	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 says	ccomp
17	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 worms	nummod
18	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 got	obj
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	16 got	discourse
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 right	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 right	cop
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop in a quote	past	mate	a worm	half with mate's spade			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent worm=Patient in half=Location
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate not said here			now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present · passive	mate	2 worms				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus
4	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they do not become two worms; at best the head end lives and grows a new tail

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 become	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 become	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 become	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 become	advmod
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 worms	nummod
8	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 become	xcomp
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 lives	punct
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 best	case
11	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 lives	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 end	compound
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lives	nsubj
15	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 become	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grows	cc
17	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lives	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tail	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 tail	amod
20	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not become	present · do-support	they	two worms		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	live	present	the head end		well property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grow	present	the head end not said here	a new tail		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tail=Theme

Option 2

Yes, every cut worm turns into two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 turns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 worm	det
4	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worm	compound
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	nsubj
6	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 two	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	every cut worm			two			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into two=Trajectory

Option 3

No, cut worms just wriggle about and join back up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 worms	amod
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wriggle	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 wriggle	advmod
6	wriggle	wriggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADV	_	6 wriggle	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 join	cc
9	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wriggle	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	11 up	advmod
11	up	up	ADV	_	9 join	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cut	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	wriggle	present	cut worms	about property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	join	infinitive	cut worms not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, and the two halves will grow up to be twin worms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grow	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 halves	det
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 halves	nummod
6	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 grow	aux
8	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 grow	compound:prt
10	to	to	PART	_	13 worms	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 worms	cop
12	twin	twin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 worms	amod
13	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	future	the two halves						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	to-infinitive		twin worms					tree rules

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