Test 11 · Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the pl…

Why might doctors study cone snail venom?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: doctors · What happens: study · To what, where: snail venom

This is test 11 of lesson 246 «Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the platypus» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 study	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 study	aux
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 study	nsubj
4	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snail	compound
6	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 venom	compound
7	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 study	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 study	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	might	doctors	snail venom					vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Topic

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

It cures colds instantly after one drop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cures	nsubj
2	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cures	obj
4	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	2 cures	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 drop	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 drop	nummod
7	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	It	colds			after one drop	instantly property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source

Option 2

It makes shells grow on people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	shells					tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	shells not said here					on people	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on people=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pain medicines have been made from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 medicines	compound
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		Pain medicines		it			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from it=Material

Option 4

It turns water into fuel for cars and boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 fuel	case
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cars	case
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fuel	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 boats	cc
9	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cars	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	water		fuel for cars and boats			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme into fuel=Trajectory

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