Test 10 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs
«bloody slugs ate all my lettuce last night, where are they now??» Where should she look in the morning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bloody slugs, slugs, she · What happens: eat, be, look · To what, where: lettuce
This is test 10 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: «bloody slugs ate all my lettuce last night, where are they now??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| 2 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 slugs | amod |
| 3 | slugs | slug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 lettuce | det:predet |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lettuce | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lettuce | lettuce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obj |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 night | amod |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 where | punct |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 ate | conj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 where | cop |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 where | nsubj |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 ate | advmod |
| 15 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | past | bloody slugs | my lettuce | now; night | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lettuce=Patient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | slugs = slug | where 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.
Sentence 2: Where should she look in the morning?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 look | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 look | nsubj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 morning | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 morning | det |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | should | she | morning | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Under pots and stones in damp, dark spots
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 2 pots | case |
| 2 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 stones | cc |
| 4 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pots | conj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 spots | case |
| 6 | damp | damp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spots | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 damp | punct |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spots | amod |
| 9 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pots | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Inside the lettuce leaves in the hot sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inside | inside | ADP | _ | 3 lettuce | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lettuce | det |
| 3 | lettuce | lettuce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaves | obl |
| 4 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun | det |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sun | amod |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | the lettuce | in the hot sun result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sun=Result |
Option 3
Out on the sunny path, sunbathing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out | out | ADV | _ | 5 path | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 path | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 path | det |
| 4 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 path | amod |
| 5 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sunbathing | punct |
| 7 | sunbathing | sunbathe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 path | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sunbathe | gerund | the sunny path not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
High up in the trees with the birds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 up | advmod |
| 2 | up | up | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 trees | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trees | det |
| 5 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 up | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 birds | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 birds | det |
| 8 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trees | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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