Test 3 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

«a chicken egg is one cell?? no way, it's massive» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chicken egg, egg · What happens: be · To what, where: one cell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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	_	7 cell	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 egg	det
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 egg	compound
4	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cell	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cell	cop
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 cell	nummod
7	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cell	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 massive	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 massive	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 massive	cop
14	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cell	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 massive	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 massive	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 cell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	a chicken egg	one cell and no way		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	egg		massive property	tree rules
3	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 · ← Mova's choice

No, it is made of about a million tiny cells, all packed tightly in together

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 cells	case
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 million	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 million	det
9	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 cells	nummod
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cells	amod
11	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 packed	punct
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 packed	nsubj
14	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 made	conj
15	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	14 packed	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 together	case
17	together	together	ADV	_	14 packed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		it				of million tiny cells	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	pack	participle	all					tightly property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in together=Destination

Option 2

Yes, but only brown eggs from hens that live on farms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 eggs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 eggs	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 eggs	advmod
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eggs	amod
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 hens	case
8	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eggs	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 live	nsubj
10	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hens	acl:relcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 farms	case
12	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	hens			farms			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on farm=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, an unfertilised yolk is often called a single, very large cell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 called	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 yolk	det
4	unfertilised	unfertilised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yolk	amod
5	yolk	yolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 called	advmod
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cell	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cell	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 single	punct
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 large	advmod
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cell	amod
14	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		a unfertilised yolk				often property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

No, eggs are not alive at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 alive	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 alive	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 alive	advmod
6	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 alive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	eggs			all		alive property	tree rules

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