Test 6 · Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of…

In a cartoon, Jerry hides in a pot plant and the plant gives him a sandwich it made from soil. What is true of real plants?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jerry, plant · What happens: hide, give, make, be · To what, where: cartoon, sandwich, Jerry, soil

This is test 6 of lesson 251 «Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of air» 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: In a cartoon, Jerry hides in a pot plant and the plant gives him a sandwich it made from soil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hides	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hides	nsubj
6	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 plant	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plant	det
9	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plant	compound
10	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hides	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gives	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plant	det
13	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	nsubj
14	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hides	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gives	iobj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sandwich	det
17	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	obj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 made	nsubj
19	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sandwich	acl:relcl
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 soil	case
21	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 made	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Jerry			a cartoon	in a pot plant	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location
2	give	present	the plant	a sandwich	Jerry			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sandwich=Theme
3	make	past	plant	a sandwich not said here		soil		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset sandwich=Product from soil=Material

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 is true of real plants?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 plants	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plants	amod
6	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of real plants; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They make sugar for themselves from air, water and light, not sandwiches from soil

The tree, 14 words

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 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 themselves	case
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 make	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 water	punct
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 air	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 light	cc
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 air	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sandwiches	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 sandwiches	advmod
14	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 air	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 soil	case
16	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sandwiches	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	They	sugar		air and water and light and sandwiches from soil		for themselves = they	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.material PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sugar=Product for themselves=Beneficiary from air=Material

Option 2

They really cook food from soil for the animals that live in the forest

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 cook	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 cook	advmod
3	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cook	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 soil	case
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cook	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 animals	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cook	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 live	nsubj
11	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 animals	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	They	food		soil		for the animals	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.material PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Product from soil=Material for animal=Beneficiary
2	live	present	the animals			the forest			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

Option 3

They make food only at night in the dark

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 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl:unmarked
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	They	food		the dark	night		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product

Option 4

They do not need any food 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	4 need	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	They	any food		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

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