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Test 8 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…

«weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says. What made it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: diver · What happens: say, make · To what, where: sand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: «weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 circle	punct
2	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 circle	amod
3	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	ccomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circle	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 aliens	punct
8	aliens	alien	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 circle	conj
9	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 circle	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 circle	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 diver	det
12	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a diver						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 made it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		sand					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A small male pufferfish using its fins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pufferfish	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pufferfish	amod
3	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pufferfish	amod
4	pufferfish	pufferfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 pufferfish	acl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fins	nmod:poss
7	fins	fin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	a small male pufferfish not said here	pufferfish's fins					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fin=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A whale rolling on the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whale	det
2	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 whale	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund	a whale not said here			the sand			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory

Option 3

Aliens landing their round spaceship in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aliens	alien	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	landing	land	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Aliens	acl
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 spaceship	nmod:poss
4	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spaceship	amod
5	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landing	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	gerund	Aliens not said here	Aliens's round spaceship		the sea			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spaceship=Theme in sea=Destination

Option 4

The tide going round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tide	det
2	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tide	acl
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go round	gerund	the tide not said here					round property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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