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Test 9 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

In a film an electric ray lies flat on the sand. A diver steps near it. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: electric ray, diver · What happens: lie, step, happen · To what, where: film, sand

This is test 9 · ★ 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: In a film an electric ray lies flat on the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ray	det
5	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ray	amod
6	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	nsubj
7	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lies	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	a electric ray			a film		on the sand; flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in film=Location

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: A diver steps near it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 diver	det
2	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steps	nsubj
3	steps	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 steps	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 steps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	present	a diver			sand			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Trajectory

Sentence 3: What could happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	could							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The ray could give a strong shock to defend itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ray	det
2	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shock	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shock	amod
7	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 defend	mark
9	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 give	advcl
10	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	could	the ray	a strong shock					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme
2	defend	to-infinitive	the ray not said here	shock					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary

Option 2

Nothing, rays are made of jelly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 rays	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 jelly	case
7	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Nothing rays				of jelly	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The ray would light up like a lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ray	det
2	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 light	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 light	aux
4	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 light	compound:prt
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 lamp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lamp	det
8	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 light	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light up	would	the ray					like a lamp	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The ray would swim up off the sand and hug the diver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ray	det
2	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swim	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 swim	aux
4	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 swim	compound:prt
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 sand	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sand	det
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swim	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hug	cc
10	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 swim	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 diver	det
12	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim up	would	the ray			the sand			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off sand=Trajectory
2	hug	infinitive	the ray not said here	the diver					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diver=Co-Agent

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