Test 7 · Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees

«that massive fat tree in Africa, there's a pub inside it?? no way» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pub, way · What happens: be

This is test 7 of lesson 253 «Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees» 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	_	5 tree	punct
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 tree	nsubj
3	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
4	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Africa	case
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 's	punct
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 's	expl
10	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tree	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pub	det
12	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 's	nsubj
13	inside	inside	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pub	nmod
15	??	??	PUNCT	_	17 way	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pub	appos
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 way	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 way	acl:relcl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 tree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a pub inside tree			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	no way					right property	tree rules

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

Some hollow baobabs really have been used as a shop, a prison and a pub

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 baobabs	det
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 baobabs	amod
3	baobabs	baobab	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	nsubj:pass
4	really	really	ADV	_	7 used	advmod
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 shop	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shop	det
10	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 prison	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 prison	det
13	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shop	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pub	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pub	det
16	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · perfect · passive		some hollow baobabs				as a shop and a prison and a pub	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as shop=Attribute

Option 2

It is a joke, because baobabs are thin

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thin	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 thin	mark
7	baobabs	baobab	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 thin	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thin	cop
9	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 joke	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke					tree rules
2	is	present	baobabs	a joke not said here				thin property	tree rules

Option 3

Pubs are only built in oak trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pubs	pub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 built	advmod
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trees	compound
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		Pubs		oak trees			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Baobabs are full of water, so nobody could ever get inside one to drink

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Baobabs	baobab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 full	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 get	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 full	parataxis
12	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 one	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 get	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 drink	mark
15	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Baobabs		of water; full property	tree rules
2	get	could	nobody	ever	inside one	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	drink	to-infinitive	nobody not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «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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