Test 2 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs
In a cartoon a smiling worm wears glasses to read a book. What is true about real worms?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: smiling worm · What happens: smile, wear, read, be · To what, where: glasses, cartoon, book
This is test 2 · ★ 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: In a cartoon a smiling worm wears glasses to read a book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wears | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 worm | det |
| 5 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 worm | amod |
| 6 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wears | nsubj |
| 7 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wears | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 read | mark |
| 10 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wears | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 book | det |
| 12 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 read | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | wear | present | a smiling worm | glasses | a cartoon | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source | |||
| 3 | read | to-infinitive | a smiling worm not said here | a book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
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 is true about real worms?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 worms | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 worms | amod |
| 6 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real worms; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real worms have no eyes but feel light with their skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 worms | amod |
| 2 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 eyes | det |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 feel | cc |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | conj |
| 8 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 skin | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 skin | nmod:poss |
| 11 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Real worms | no eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | Real worms not said here | with worms's skin; light property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Real worms see very well in the dark, much better than cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 worms | amod |
| 2 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 well | advmod |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 see | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dark | det |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 better | punct |
| 10 | much | much | ADV | _ | 11 better | advmod |
| 11 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 see | conj |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 cats | case |
| 13 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Real worms | the dark | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Real worms have eyes on stalks, just like snails do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 worms | amod |
| 2 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 stalks | case |
| 6 | stalks | stalk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 snails | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 snails | case |
| 10 | snails | snail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Real worms | eyes | stalks | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||
| 2 | do | present | snails | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Real worms have two tiny blue eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 worms | amod |
| 2 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 eyes | nummod |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 6 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Real worms | two tiny blue eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/t2/