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Test 1 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…

In a cartoon a woodpecker drills a row of holes in a man's house just to annoy him. Why do real woodpeckers drill?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: woodpecker, real woodpeckers · What happens: drill, annoy · To what, where: row, cartoon, woodpecker

This is test 1 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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 cartoon a woodpecker drills a row of holes in a man's house just to annoy him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drills	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woodpecker	det
5	woodpecker	woodpecker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drills	nsubj
6	drills	drill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 row	det
8	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drills	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 holes	case
10	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 row	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 house	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 man	case
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drills	obl
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 annoy	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 annoy	mark
18	annoy	annoy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 drills	root
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 annoy	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 drills	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drill	present	a woodpecker	a row of holes		a cartoon		in a man's house	vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Patient
2	annoy	to-infinitive		woodpecker					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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: Why do real woodpeckers drill?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 drill	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drill	aux
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woodpeckers	amod
4	woodpeckers	woodpecker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drill	nsubj
5	drill	drill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 drill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drill	present · do-support	real woodpeckers						vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1

To sharpen their beaks so they can fight rivals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sharpen	mark
2	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beaks	nmod:poss
4	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sharpen	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 fight	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fight	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fight	aux
8	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sharpen	advcl
9	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	to-infinitive		their beaks					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beak=Patient
2	fight	can	beaks = beak	rivals					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rival=Co-Agent

Option 2

Only to annoy the people who live nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 annoy	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 annoy	mark
3	annoy	annoy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 annoy	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 live	nsubj
7	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	7 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	annoy	to-infinitive		the people					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
2	live	present	the people					nearby property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To store their eggs safely inside the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 store	mark
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eggs	nmod:poss
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 store	obj
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	2 store	advmod
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	to-infinitive		their eggs		the wood		safely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent egg=Theme inside wood=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To make nest holes, find insects and drum to call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 find	advcl
3	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holes	compound
4	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drum	cc
9	drum	drum	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 find	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 call	mark
11	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 drum	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		nest holes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product
2	find	present		insects					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Topic
3	drum	infinitive							vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	call	to-infinitive							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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