Test 1 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad

In a cartoon, a germ with angry eyes and sharp teeth attacks a boy. What is true of real bacteria?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: germ · What happens: attack, be · To what, where: boy, cartoon

This is test 1 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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, a germ with angry eyes and sharp teeth attacks a boy.

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	13 attacks	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 germ	det
6	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attacks	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eyes	amod
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 germ	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teeth	cc
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 teeth	amod
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eyes	conj
13	attacks	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attacks	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 attacks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	a germ with angry eyes and sharp teeth	a boy		a cartoon			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient

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 bacteria?

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They all have little faces, but they are far too small for us to see them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	advmod
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 faces	amod
5	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 small	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 small	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 small	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 small	cop
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 small	advmod
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 small	advmod
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 have	conj
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 see	mark
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 see	nsubj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 see	mark
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 small	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	little faces		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	is	present	faces = face		far, small property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	us	faces = face		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

They only attack children who are naughty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attack	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 attack	advmod
3	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 naughty	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 naughty	cop
7	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 children	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	They	children					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
2	is	present	children					naughty property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They have no faces, eyes or brains, and most are harmless or helpful

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 faces	det
4	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 faces	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 brains	cc
8	brains	brain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 faces	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 harmless	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 harmless	cc
11	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 harmless	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 harmless	cop
13	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 have	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 helpful	cc
15	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 harmless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no faces and eyes or brains		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	is	present	most		harmless property	tree rules
3	be		most not said here			tree rules

Option 4

They are all dangerous monsters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 monsters	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 monsters	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monsters	amod
5	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	dangerous monsters					tree rules

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