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Test 5 · ★★ · Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and gi…

In a cartoon, the trees of a forest grab Tom with their branches when he chases Jerry. What is true of real trees?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: chase, be · To what, where: Jerry, cartoon

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and giant clones» 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, the trees of a forest grab Tom with their branches when he chases Jerry.

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	17 chases	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Tom	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 grab	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 grab	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grab	compound
10	grab	grab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trees	nmod
11	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 chases	nsubj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 branches	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 branches	nmod:poss
14	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Tom	nmod
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 chases	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 chases	nsubj
17	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 chases	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 chases	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	Tom with trees's branches	Jerry		a cartoon			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory

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 trees?

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 trees	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trees	amod
6	trees	tree	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 trees; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Real trees have no way of defending themselves from animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 defending	mark
7	defending	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 way	acl
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 defending	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 animals	case
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 defending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Real trees	no way					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	defend	gerund	no way not said here	trees = tree				from animals	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary from animal=Theme

Option 2

Real trees can walk slowly to catch cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walk	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	aux
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 catch	mark
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	advcl
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	can	Real trees					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	catch	to-infinitive	Real trees not said here	cats					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Real trees can grab the animals that run past and hold them tight with branches

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grab	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grab	aux
4	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grab	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 run	nsubj
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animals	acl:relcl
9	past	past	ADV	_	8 run	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hold	cc
11	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grab	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hold	obj
13	tight	tight	ADV	_	11 hold	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 branches	case
15	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	can	Real trees	the animals					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	run past	present	the animals					past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hold	infinitive	Real trees not said here	animals = animal				with branches; tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real trees cannot grab, but they can change their chemicals when attacked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grab	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grab	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 grab	advmod
5	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 change	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 change	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 change	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 change	aux
10	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 grab	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 chemicals	nmod:poss
12	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 change	obj
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 attacked	advmod
14	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 change	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grab	can	Real trees						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	change	can	trees = tree	trees's chemicals					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chemical=Patient
3	attack	participle	trees = tree not said here						vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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