Test 3 · Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the pl…

«platypus is a cute duck-beaver, can't hurt anyone lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: platypus · What happens: be, not hurt · To what, where: cute duck beaver, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 beaver	punct
2	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beaver	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beaver	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beaver	det
5	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beaver	amod
6	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beaver	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 duck	punct
8	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hurt	punct
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hurt	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 hurt	advmod
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 beaver	parataxis
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 hurt	obj
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 hurt	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 hurt	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hurt	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 beaver	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	platypus	a cute duck beaver		tree rules
2	not hurt in a quote	can		anyone		tree rules
3	is	present			right property	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

It is completely harmless in every way

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	4 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
3	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 harmless	advmod
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every way		completely, harmless property	tree rules

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

A male's back-leg spurs carry venom that causes terrible pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 male	det
2	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spurs	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 male	case
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leg	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 back	punct
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spurs	compound
7	spurs	spur	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carry	nsubj
8	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 causes	nsubj
11	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 venom	acl:relcl
12	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pain	amod
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	carry	present	a male's leg spurs	venom	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Theme
2	cause	present	venom	terrible pain	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient
3	spur		a male		nom spur «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It spits a stream of poison from its beak at anyone who comes close to its burrow

The tree, 17 words

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 spits	nsubj
2	spits	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stream	det
4	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 poison	case
6	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stream	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 beak	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 beak	nmod:poss
9	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spits	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 anyone	case
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 spits	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 comes	nsubj
13	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 anyone	acl:relcl
14	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 comes	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 burrow	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 burrow	nmod:poss
17	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spit	present	It	a stream of poison		poison's beak		at anyone	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stream=Theme
2	come	present				beak's burrow		close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to burrow=Initial_Location

Option 4

It has a venomous bite with fangs, like a cobra

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bite	det
4	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bite	amod
5	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fangs	case
7	fangs	fang	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bite	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cobra	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 cobra	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cobra	det
11	cobra	cobra	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a venomous bite				with fangs	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Patient

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