Test 10 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot…
Mum shakes out the duvet and washes the sheets hot. Why does it help with dust mites?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, duvet · What happens: shake out, wash, help · To what, where: duvet, sheets
This is test 10 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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: Mum shakes out the duvet and washes the sheets hot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shakes | nsubj |
| 2 | shakes | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 shakes | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 duvet | det |
| 5 | duvet | duvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shakes | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 washes | cc |
| 7 | washes | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shakes | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sheets | det |
| 9 | sheets | sheet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 washes | obj |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 washes | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shakes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake out | present | Mum | the duvet | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent duvet=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wash | present | Mum not said here | the sheets | hot property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=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: Why does it help with dust mites?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 help | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 mites | case |
| 6 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mites | compound |
| 7 | mites | mite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · do-support | duvet | with dust mites | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mite=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Mites hate the smell of soap only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mites | mite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smell | det |
| 4 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hate | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 soap | case |
| 6 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smell | nmod |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 hate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Mites | the smell of soap | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | smell | soap | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It does nothing, mites live only in walls
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 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 does | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| 5 | mites | mite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | nsubj |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 does | conj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 walls | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 walls | case |
| 9 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | It | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | live | present | mites | walls | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wall=Location |
Option 3
It makes all the mites move down to the carpet for good, where they stay
The tree, 15 words
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 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 mites | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mites | det |
| 5 | mites | mite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 move | nsubj |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | parataxis |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 move | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 carpet | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 carpet | det |
| 10 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 move | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 good | case |
| 12 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 move | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 stay | punct |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 stay | advmod |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 stay | nsubj |
| 16 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 move | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material | |||||
| 2 | move down | present | all mites | the carpet | for good; down property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to carpet=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | stay | present | mites = mite | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It removes mites and their skin food and kills many of them
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 removes | nsubj |
| 2 | removes | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mites | mite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 removes | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 food | cc |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 food | nmod:poss |
| 6 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 food | compound |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mites | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kills | cc |
| 9 | kills | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 removes | conj |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kills | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 many | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | present | It | mites and mites's skin food | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mite=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill | present | many of mites | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme |
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