Test 6 · ★ · Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on…

«feathers are for flying, duh, that's literally why» What is better?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: feathers, that · What happens: fly, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 269 «Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate» 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	_	5 flying	punct
2	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flying	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flying	aux
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 flying	mark
5	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 better	csubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 duh	punct
7	duh	duh	INTJ	_	5 flying	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 why	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 why	cop
11	literally	literally	ADV	_	12 why	advmod
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 flying	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 flying	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 better	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 better	cop
16	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	fly in a quote	present · progressive	feathers		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	that	literally, why property	tree rules
3	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

Yes, every feather ever was for flying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 feather	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 feather	det
4	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 flying	advmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 flying	aux
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 flying	mark
8	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 feather	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past · progressive	every feather not said here				ever		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Feathers came first for warmth and show, and flight came later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 warmth	case
5	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 show	cc
7	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warmth	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
10	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Feathers					for warmth and show; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	flight					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Feathers came from fish scales for swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 scales	case
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scales	compound
5	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 swimming	case
7	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Feathers			fish scales		for swimming	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from scale=Initial_Location

Option 4

Feathers are only for decoration on hats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 decoration	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decoration	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 decoration	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 decoration	case
5	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 hats	case
7	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 decoration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Feathers			hats		for decoration	tree rules

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