Test 7 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…

«why'd that weaver bird rip his own nest up, idiot» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: weaver bird · What happens: rip up, be · To what, where: own nest, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 rip	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 rip	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 rip	aux
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 rip	mark
5	weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	compound
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rip	nsubj
7	rip	rip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 answer	csubj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nest	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nest	amod
10	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rip	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	7 rip	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 idiot	punct
13	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rip	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 rip	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip up in a quote	would	weaver bird	bird's own nest				idiot obl	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient
2	be speech: assert	present		the best answer					tree rules

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

He was angry at a snake that had climbed into the nest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 snake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 climbed	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 climbed	aux
9	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 snake	acl:relcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					at a snake; angry property	tree rules
2	climb	past · perfect · passive		a snake		the nest			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The female did not like it, so he starts again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 starts	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 starts	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 starts	nsubj
10	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 like	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 starts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	the female	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	start	present	female				again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

He needed the grass to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needed	nsubj
2	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grass	det
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	He	the grass					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grass=Theme
2	eat	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Weaver birds never build nests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 birds	compound
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 build	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 build	advmod
4	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not build	present	Weaver birds	nests					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product

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