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Test 7 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges

Your friend says beavers being brought back to British rivers will only cause floods. What is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, British rivers · What happens: say, bring back, cause, be · To what, where: beavers, floods · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 242 «Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges» 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: Your friend says beavers being brought back to British rivers will only cause floods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brought	nsubj:pass
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 brought	aux:pass
6	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 brought	advmod
8	to	to	SCONJ	_	13 cause	mark
9	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rivers	amod
10	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cause	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cause	aux
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 cause	advmod
13	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brought	advcl
14	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cause	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring back	gerund · passive		beavers					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination
3	cause	future	British rivers	floods					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flood=Patient

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 is closer to the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to the truth; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Beavers always flood the nearest towns and wash away the roads and farms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flood	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 flood	advmod
3	flood	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 towns	det
5	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 towns	amod
6	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flood	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wash	cc
8	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 flood	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 wash	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roads	det
11	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wash	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 farms	cc
13	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 roads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flood	present	Beavers	the nearest towns				always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent town=Patient
2	wash away	infinitive	Beavers not said here	the roads and farms				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

Option 2

Beavers drink the rivers dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drink	nsubj
2	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rivers	det
4	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dry	nsubj
5	dry	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 drink	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	Beavers						tree rules
2	dry	present	the rivers						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Beavers have no effect on rivers at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 rivers	case
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 effect	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 rivers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Beavers	no effect		rivers at all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their ponds slow floods, clean water and make homes for wildlife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ponds	nmod:poss
2	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	nsubj
3	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 floods	amod
4	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ponds	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 water	punct
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floods	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 ponds	cc
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 wildlife	case
12	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Their ponds and slow floods and clean water	homes				for wildlife	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent home=Product for wildlife=Asset

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