Test 10 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…
A malleefowl's heap is getting too hot in summer. What does the father do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: heap, father · What happens: get, do
This is test 10 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: A malleefowl's heap is getting too hot in summer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 malleefowl | det |
| 2 | malleefowl | malleefowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heap | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 malleefowl | case |
| 4 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 getting | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 getting | aux |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 hot | advmod |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 getting | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 summer | case |
| 10 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hot | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 getting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · progressive | a malleefowl's heap | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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: What does the father do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 father | det |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | the father | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Removes some of the sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Removes | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Removes | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sand | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sand | det |
| 5 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 some | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | present | some | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |
Option 2
Lays more eggs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lays | lay | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 eggs | amod |
| 3 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lays | obj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Pours water on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pours | pour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 water | compound |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 water | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Leaves the eggs to cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eggs | det |
| 3 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leaves | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cook | mark |
| 5 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leaves | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | the eggs | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cook | to-infinitive | the eggs not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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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