Test 12 · Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails,…

«why'd the squid leave a fake squid shape in the water lol»

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: squid · What happens: leave · To what, where: fake squid shape, water

This is test 12 of lesson 249 «Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads?» 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	_	6 leave	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 leave	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 squid	det
5	squid	squid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leave	nsubj
6	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shape	det
8	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shape	amod
9	squid	squid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	compound
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nmod
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 leave	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	would	the squid	a fake squid shape		the water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shape=Theme in water=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

It is drawing pictures for fun

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	3 drawing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawing	aux
3	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawing	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fun	case
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · progressive	It	pictures				for fun	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent picture=Result for fun=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is leaving a message for friends

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	3 leaving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 leaving	aux
3	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaving	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 friends	case
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · progressive	It	a message				for friends	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent message=Theme for friend=Recipient

Option 3

It is throwing up its dinner

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	3 throwing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 throwing	aux
3	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 throwing	compound:prt
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dinner	nmod:poss
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throwing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw up	present · progressive	It	its dinner					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To fool the predator into attacking the ink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fool	mark
2	fool	fool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 predator	det
4	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fool	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 attacking	mark
6	attacking	attack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fool	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ink	det
8	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attacking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	to-infinitive		the predator					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent predator=Patient
2	attack	gerund		the ink					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ink=Patient

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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