Test 1 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

«my teacher said people got nothing electric in them at all» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, people · What happens: say, get, be · To what, where: nothing, all · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» 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 said	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 got	obj
8	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nothing	amod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 got	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	people	nothing	all	in them = they	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset
3	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

Wrong, people can feel a shark from a mile away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feel	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shark	det
7	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 mile	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mile	det
10	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obl
11	away	away	ADV	_	5 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	Wrong people	a shark				from a mile; away property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme

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

We can't feel other animals' fields, but our heart and nerves run on electric signals

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 feel	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 feel	advmod
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fields	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 animals	case
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feel	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 run	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 run	cc
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 heart	nmod:poss
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 run	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 nerves	cc
14	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 heart	conj
15	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	parataxis
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 signals	case
17	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 signals	amod
18	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	can	We	other animals's fields					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme
2	run	present	our heart and nerves			electric signals			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on signal=Trajectory

Option 3

Right, only fish and eels have electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 fish	advmod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 eels	cc
6	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fish	conj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	fish and eels	electricity					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Option 4

Right, electricity only comes from sockets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	3 electricity	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 sockets	case
7	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	electricity			sockets			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from socket=Initial_Location

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