Test 10 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…
«we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?» What may be going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, second bee · What happens: get, not land, go on · To what, where: 2 bees, weird
This is test 10 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: «we got 2 bees, 1 flower, first bee leaves, second bee won't land. weird?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 bees | nummod |
| 5 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 flower | punct |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 flower | nummod |
| 8 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bees | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 leaves | punct |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 leaves | advmod |
| 11 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leaves | compound |
| 12 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bees | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 land | punct |
| 14 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 bee | amod |
| 15 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 land | nsubj |
| 16 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 land | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 land | advmod |
| 18 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 weird | punct |
| 20 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 land | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | we | 2 bees and 1 flower and bee leaves | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bee=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not land in a quote | future | second bee | weird | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent weird=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: What may be going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 going | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 going | aux |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 going | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | may · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The first bee locked the flower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bee | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 bee | amod |
| 3 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 locked | nsubj |
| 4 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flower | det |
| 6 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 locked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | the first bee | the flower | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The flower's charge changed after the first visit, so it may be empty
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 flower | det |
| 2 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 flower | case |
| 4 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | nsubj |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 visit | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 visit | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 visit | amod |
| 9 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 empty | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 empty | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 empty | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 empty | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 empty | cop |
| 15 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 changed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | the flower's charge | after the first visit | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | may | charge | empty property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | charge | the flower | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Bees only land on flowers nobody has touched for a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 land | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 land | advmod |
| 3 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 flowers | case |
| 5 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 land | obl |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 touched | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 touched | aux |
| 8 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 flowers | acl:relcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 year | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 year | det |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | Bees | flowers | year | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on flower=Destination | |||
| 2 | touch | present · perfect | nobody | flowers not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flower=Co-Theme |
Option 4
The second bee is scared of yellow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bee | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 bee | amod |
| 3 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | cop |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 yellow | case |
| 7 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the second bee | of yellow; scared property | tree rules |
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