Test 8 · ★ · Butterflies, moths and ladybirds

«ladybirds all piled up in the window frame?? is that a nest or what» What is really going on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: pile up, be, go on · To what, where: ladybirds, window frame, nest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 219 «Butterflies, moths and ladybirds» 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	_	4 piled	punct
2	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 piled	nsubj:pass
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 piled	advmod
4	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 nest	csubj
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 piled	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 frame	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 frame	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 frame	compound
9	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piled	obl
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 piled	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 nest	cop
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 nest	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 nest	det
14	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 what	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 nest	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 going	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 going	aux
20	really	really	ADV	_	21 going	advmod
21	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 what	acl:relcl
22	on	on	ADP	_	21 going	compound:prt
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 nest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pile up in a quote	participle · passive	ladybirds	the window frame	all property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in frame=Destination
2	is a in a quote	present	a nest			tree rules
3	go on	present · progressive				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

They are building a nest out of mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 building	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 building	aux
3	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 building	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 mud	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 mud	case
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 building	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · progressive	They	a nest		mud			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are hibernating together through the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hibernating	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hibernating	aux
3	hibernating	hibernate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 hibernating	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hibernating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hibernate	present · progressive	They				winter	together property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 3

They are laying their eggs in the glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 laying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laying	aux
3	laying	lay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eggs	nmod:poss
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laying	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 glass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 glass	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present · progressive	They	their eggs		the glass			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in glass=Destination

Option 4

They are trapped and dying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	aux:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dying	cc
5	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 trapped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present · passive		They					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	die	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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