Test 6 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs
A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another. Which field probably has the richest soil?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gardener, field · What happens: count, have · To what, where: 0 worms, one field, richest soil
This is test 6 · ★ 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: A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gardener | det |
| 2 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 worms | nummod |
| 5 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counts | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 field | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 field | nummod |
| 8 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 300 | cc |
| 10 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 field | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 another | case |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 300 | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 counts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | a gardener | 0 worms | one field | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=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: Which field probably has the richest soil?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 field | det |
| 2 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 has | advmod |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 soil | det |
| 6 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 soil | amod |
| 7 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | which field | the richest soil | probably property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The one with 300 worms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 worms | case |
| 4 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 worms | nummod |
| 5 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Worms make no difference to soil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 soil | case |
| 6 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Worms | no difference | to soil | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difference=Product |
Option 3
Both are the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 same | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 same | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | same property | tree rules |
Option 4
The one with no worms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 worms | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 worms | det |
| 5 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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