Test 6 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…
«found the hornets nest under the roof, kill the queen in spring and that's the lot?» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: hornets, that · What happens: find, nest, kill, be · To what, where: roof, queen, lot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: «found the hornets nest under the roof, kill the queen in spring and that's the lot?»
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hornets | det |
| 4 | hornets | hornet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 nest | nsubj |
| 5 | nest | nest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 found | ccomp |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 roof | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 roof | det |
| 8 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nest | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kill | punct |
| 10 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 found | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 queen | det |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kill | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 spring | case |
| 14 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 queen | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 lot | cc |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 lot | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 lot | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lot | det |
| 19 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 queen | conj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find in a quote | past | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | nest in a quote | present | the hornets | the roof | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | kill in a quote | infinitive | the queen and the lot | in spring | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | that | the lot | 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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hornets have no queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornets | hornet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Hornets | no queen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient |
Option 2
The old queen lives on in the old nest for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 queen | amod |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 lives | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 nest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nest | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 nest | amod |
| 9 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 ever | case |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live on | present | the old queen | the old nest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location |
Option 3
All the hornets survive the winter together, huddled in the nest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 hornets | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hornets | det |
| 3 | hornets | hornet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 survive | nsubj |
| 4 | survive | survive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 winter | det |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 survive | obj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 survive | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 huddled | punct |
| 9 | huddled | huddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 survive | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 nest | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 nest | det |
| 12 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 huddled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | survive | present | all hornets | winter | together property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | huddle | participle | all hornets not said here | the nest | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Each surviving young queen starts a new nest alone in spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 queen | det |
| 2 | surviving | survive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 queen | amod |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 queen | amod |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | nsubj |
| 5 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 nest | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nest | amod |
| 8 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 starts | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 spring | case |
| 11 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | survive | gerund | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | start | present | each surviving young queen | a new nest | spring | alone property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Eventuality |
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