Test 1 · Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck

«saw a cartoon plant swallow a whole man, that's real somewhere innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon plant, that · What happens: see, swallow, be · To what, where: cartoon plant, whole man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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	_	2 saw	punct
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plant	det
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plant	compound
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saw	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallow	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 real	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 real	cop
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saw	parataxis
14	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 innit	advmod
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 real	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 real	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past		a cartoon plant		tree rules
2	swallow in a quote	infinitive	a cartoon plant not said here	a whole man		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
3	is in a quote	present	that		innit obl; real property	tree rules
4	is	present			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

No, but they do eat dogs and cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 eat	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cats	cc
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dogs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · do-support	they	dogs and cats					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, no plant eats people; the biggest pitchers catch at most a frog, a lizard or a rare rat

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 eats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 eats	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eats	nsubj
5	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eats	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 catch	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pitchers	det
9	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 pitchers	amod
10	pitchers	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 catch	nsubj
11	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eats	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 frog	case
13	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 frog	amod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 frog	det
15	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 catch	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lizard	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lizard	det
18	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 frog	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 rat	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 rat	det
21	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 rat	amod
22	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 frog	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	no plant	people					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	catch	present	the biggest pitchers					at a most frog and a lizard or a rare rat	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at frog=Asset

Option 3

Yes, in the jungles of Madagascar, as explorers have reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 jungles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 jungles	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 jungles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jungles	det
5	jungles	jungle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Madagascar	case
7	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 jungles	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reported	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 reported	mark
10	explorers	explorer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reported	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reported	aux
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 jungles	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present · perfect · passive		explorers					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, but only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 night	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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