Test 2 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…

«found an old wasp nest in the shed, will they come back to it next yr?»

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: find, come back · To what, where: old wasp nest, shed

This is test 2 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» 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	_	2 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nest	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nest	amod
5	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nest	compound
6	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shed	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shed	det
9	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nest	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	obl
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 yr	amod
18	yr	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	13 come	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past		a old wasp nest		the shed			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Topic
2	come back in a quote	future	they			shed	year		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, an old nest is not used again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nest	amod
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 used	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 used	advmod
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 used	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · passive		a old nest			again		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Yes, the same wasps return every spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 return	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wasps	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wasps	amod
5	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 return	nsubj
6	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 spring	det
8	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	the same wasps				spring		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they sleep inside it all winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sleep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	they			it	winter		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only if you paint it a bright colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 paint	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 paint	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 paint	nsubj
4	paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paint	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 colour	det
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colour	amod
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paint	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present	you	it					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result

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