Test 2 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…

«went up the termite mound in the film, there's no termites at the top lol, they all moved out?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: termites · What happens: go up, be, move out · To what, where: termite mound, top

This is test 2 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: «went up the termite mound in the film, there's no termites at the top lol, they all moved out?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mound	det
5	termite	termite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mound	compound
6	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 film	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 film	det
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mound	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 's	punct
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 's	expl
12	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 termites	det
14	termites	termite	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 's	nsubj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 top	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 top	det
17	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 's	obl
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	22 moved	discourse
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 moved	punct
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 moved	nsubj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 moved	advmod
22	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 top	advcl
23	out	out	ADP	_	22 moved	compound:prt
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 top	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go up in a quote	past		the termite mound in the film		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	does in a quote	present	no termites		the top; there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location
3	move out in a quote	past	termites = termite			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they live in the nest below and the mound is their air conditioning

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 nest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nest	det
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
8	below	below	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 conditioning	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mound	det
11	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conditioning	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 conditioning	cop
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 conditioning	nmod:poss
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conditioning	compound
15	conditioning	conditioning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	they			the nest		below property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location
2	is a	present	the mound	their air conditioning					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, the mound is empty, and all the termites moved out long ago to a new place

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 empty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mound	det
4	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 empty	cop
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 moved	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 moved	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 termites	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 termites	det
11	termites	termite	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 moved	nsubj
12	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 empty	parataxis
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 moved	advmod
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 ago	advmod
15	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 moved	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 place	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 place	det
18	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 place	amod
19	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the mound					empty property	tree rules
2	move out	past	all termites			a new place		ago, out property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to place=Trajectory

Option 3

No, they are hiding in the roof in the daytime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 hiding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hiding	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 daytime	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 daytime	det
11	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · progressive	they			the roof		in the daytime	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in roof=Location

Option 4

Yes, the termites all died long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 termites	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 termites	det
4	termites	termite	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 died	nsubj
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 died	advmod
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 died	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	the termites					ago, all property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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