Test 7 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

«bats carry viruses so we should get rid of all of them» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: get, be

This is test 7 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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	_	3 carry	punct
2	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carry	nsubj
3	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 best	cop
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carry	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 get	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 carry	advcl
9	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 rid	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 all	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 carry	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 best	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 best	cop
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	should	we					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						good 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, because bats will move into houses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 move	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 move	mark
4	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 move	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 move	aux
6	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 houses	case
8	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	future	bats			houses			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory

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

No, bats are vital for pollination and eating insects, and should be left alone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 vital	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vital	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 vital	cop
5	vital	vital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 pollination	case
7	pollination	pollination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vital	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eating	cc
9	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 vital	conj
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eating	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 left	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 left	cc
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 vital	conj
16	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	bats		for pollination; vital property	tree rules
2	eat	gerund	bats not said here	insects		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient
3	leave	should · passive	bats not said here		alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 3

Yes, bats are only pests that spread germs and do nothing useful at all for anyone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 pests	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pests	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pests	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 pests	advmod
6	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 spread	nsubj
8	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pests	acl:relcl
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spread	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 do	cc
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spread	conj
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 do	obj
13	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nothing	amod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 useful	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 anyone	case
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bats	pests		tree rules
2	spread	present	pests	germs	for anyone	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme
3	do	present	pests not said here	nothing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, but only the big ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 ones	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 ones	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 ones	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ones	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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