Test 4 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…
A family burns a pile of poison ivy in the garden. Why is that a bad idea?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: burn, be · To what, where: pile, garden, bad idea
This is test 4 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» 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: A family burns a pile of poison ivy in the garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burns | nsubj |
| 3 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pile | det |
| 5 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burns | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ivy | case |
| 7 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ivy | compound |
| 8 | ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pile | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 garden | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 garden | det |
| 11 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burns | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 burns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | a family | a pile of poison ivy | the garden | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pile=Theme |
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: Why is that a bad idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 idea | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bad idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The smoke carries the oil and is dangerous for the lungs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smoke | det |
| 2 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | nsubj |
| 3 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 oil | det |
| 5 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dangerous | cc |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dangerous | cop |
| 8 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 carries | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 lungs | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lungs | det |
| 11 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | the smoke | the oil | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the smoke not said here | for the lungs; dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 2
Burning poison ivy makes a loud explosion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ivy | compound |
| 3 | ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Burning | obj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 explosion | det |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 explosion | amod |
| 7 | explosion | explosion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | gerund | poison ivy | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Burning | a loud explosion | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset explosion=Product |
Option 3
The fire will spread the poison ivy seeds everywhere in the wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fire | det |
| 2 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spread | aux |
| 4 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 seeds | det |
| 6 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ivy | compound |
| 7 | ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seeds | compound |
| 8 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spread | obj |
| 9 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 spread | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 wind | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wind | det |
| 12 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | future | the fire | the ivy seeds | the wind | everywhere property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Theme in wind=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It makes the poison ivy grow back faster
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 | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ivy | det |
| 4 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ivy | compound |
| 5 | ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 grow | advmod |
| 8 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the poison ivy | fast property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | grow back | present | the poison ivy not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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