Test 7 · Horses, zebras and donkeys

Why are mules great for carrying bags up a steep mountain path?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mules · What happens: be, carry · To what, where: bags

This is test 7 of lesson 25 «Horses, zebras and donkeys» 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 great	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 great	cop
3	mules	mule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 great	nsubj
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 carrying	mark
6	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 great	advcl
7	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carrying	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	12 path	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 path	det
10	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 path	amod
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 path	compound
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carrying	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 great	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	mules					great property	tree rules
2	carry	gerund	mules not said here	bags				up a steep mountain path	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They mix a horse's strength with a donkey's sure feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mix	nsubj
2	mix	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strength	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 horse	case
6	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mix	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	12 feet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 donkey	det
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feet	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 donkey	case
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feet	amod
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mix	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	present	They	a horse's strength				with a donkey's sure feet	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient with foot=Co-Patient

Option 2

They never get tired at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 tired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	present	They					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

They can climb using their hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 climb	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 climb	aux
3	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 climb	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	can	They						tree rules
2	use	gerund	They not said here	their hands					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4

They are lighter than goats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lighter	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lighter	cop
3	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 goats	case
5	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lighter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					than goats; light property	tree rules

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