Test 9 · Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of…
«poked the mimosa like 50 times and it got lazy and stopped closing, broken?» What is the likely answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mimosa, likely answer · What happens: poke, get, stop, close, break, be · To what, where: mimosa
This is test 9 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: «poked the mimosa like 50 times and it got lazy and stopped closing, broken?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 poked | punct |
| 2 | poked | poke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mimosa | det |
| 4 | mimosa | mimosa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poked | obj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 times | case |
| 6 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 times | nummod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 poked | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 poked | conj |
| 11 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 stopped | cc |
| 13 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 poked | conj |
| 14 | closing | close | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 stopped | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 broken | punct |
| 16 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 closing | parataxis |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 poked | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 poked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke in a quote | past | the mimosa | time | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mimosa=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | mimosa | lazy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | stop in a quote | past | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | close in a quote | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 the likely answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, it is dying and must be thrown away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 dying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dying | aux |
| 5 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 thrown | cc |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 thrown | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 thrown | aux:pass |
| 9 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dying | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 thrown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present · progressive | it | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | throw away | must · passive | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not broken: mimosas touched again and again without harm can stop folding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 broken | advmod |
| 2 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 stop | advcl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 touched | punct |
| 4 | mimosas | mimosa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 touched | nsubj |
| 5 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 broken | conj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 touched | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 again | cc |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 again | conj |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 harm | case |
| 10 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touched | obl |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 stop | aux |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | folding | folding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | touch | past | mimosas | again | without harm | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | stop | can | folding | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality folding=Eventuality |
Option 3
No, it is just pretending to be asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 pretending | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretending | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretending | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 pretending | advmod |
| 6 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 asleep | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 asleep | cop |
| 9 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pretending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the leaves have run out of water forever and will never move again
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaves | det |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 run | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 run | aux |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | obl |
| 10 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 6 run | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 move | cc |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 move | aux |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 move | advmod |
| 14 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 run | conj |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · perfect · passive | the leaves | water | forever property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme out water=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | not move | future | again | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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