Test 7 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

«crap, eel just lit up the bulb on the glass, how's a fish doin that» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lit up, be · To what, where: crap, glass, fish doin, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	6 lit	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lit	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eel	punct
4	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crap	conj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 lit	advmod
6	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 lit	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bulb	det
9	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lit	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 glass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lit	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 doin	punct
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 doin	advmod
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 doin	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 doin	det
17	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 doin	compound
18	doin	doin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 glass	appos
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 answer	nsubj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 that	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 answer	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 answer	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 answer	det
24	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 answer	amod
25	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 doin	acl:relcl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lit up in a quote	participle · passive	crap and eel	the glass	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	a fish doin		tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present	the best answer		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 · ← Mova's choice

It rubbed itself on the glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 rubbed	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	It	itself = it		the glass			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme on glass=Destination

Option 2

The keeper hid a switch in the tank and pressed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeper	det
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 switch	det
5	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tank	det
8	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pressed	cc
10	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pressed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the keeper	a switch		the tank			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent switch=Patient in tank=Location
2	press	past	the keeper not said here	switch					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

It swallowed the bulb's batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swallowed	nsubj
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bulb	det
4	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 batteries	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 bulb	case
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swallowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	It	the bulb's batteries					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its body is packed with cells that act like stacked batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 packed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	aux:pass
4	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cells	case
6	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 packed	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 act	nsubj
8	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cells	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 batteries	case
10	stacked	stack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 batteries	amod
11	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 act	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pack	present · passive		Its body	with cells	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cell=Theme
2	act	present	cells		like stacked batteries	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like battery=Attribute
3	stack	participle				vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

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