Test 9 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges

«how do they even see underwater, mate, do they wear goggles lol»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: see, wear · To what, where: goggles

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 see	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	underwater	underwater	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	vocative
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wear	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wear	aux
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wear	nsubj
13	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 see	conj
14	goggles	goggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wear	obj
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 wear	discourse
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	present · do-support	they					mate vocative; underwater property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	wear in a quote	present · do-support	they	goggles					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent goggle=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

They have see-through eyelids that work like goggles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	see	see	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyelids	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 through	punct
5	through	thorough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyelids	amod
6	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 work	nsubj
8	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eyelids	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 goggles	case
10	goggles	goggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	see through eyelids					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Patient
2	work	present	see through eyelids					like goggles	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They keep their heads above the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	They	their heads		the water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme above water=Location

Option 3

They shut their eyes tight and swim blind, feeling their way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shut	nsubj
2	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shut	obj
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shut	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 swim	cc
7	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shut	conj
8	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swim	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feeling	punct
10	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shut	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 way	nmod:poss
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feeling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shut	present	They	their eyes	tight property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	swim	present	They not said here		blind property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feel	gerund	They not said here	eyes's way		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme

Option 4

They see only with their whiskers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 whiskers	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 whiskers	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 whiskers	nmod:poss
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	They					with their whiskers	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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