Test 10 · Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground slot…

«where did all the giant animals go» What is the best short answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: giant animals, best short answer · What happens: go, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 272 «Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos» 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	_	8 go	punct
2	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 go	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 animals	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 go	parataxis
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 What	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 answer	det
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 answer	amod
14	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 answer	amod
15	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 What	nsubj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past · do-support	all giant animals						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	the best short answer						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

They are all still hiding in the deepest forests, waiting

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 hiding	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
3	all	all	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 forests	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forests	det
8	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 forests	amod
9	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hiding	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 waiting	punct
11	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hiding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · progressive	They			the deepest forests	still	all property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location
2	wait	gerund	They not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They all left the land on a big ship long ago

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 left	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 left	advmod
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 ship	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ship	amod
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 ago	advmod
11	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	They	the land		a big ship		ago property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent land=Theme on ship=Location

Option 3

They all turned into small animals overnight

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 turned	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 turned	advmod
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 animals	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	They					into small animals result; overnight property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into animal=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many vanished after people arrived, as the climate also changed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 vanished	nsubj
2	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 arrived	mark
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arrived	nsubj
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 vanished	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 changed	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 changed	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 climate	det
9	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 changed	nsubj
10	also	also	ADV	_	11 changed	advmod
11	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	vanish	past	Many	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	arrive	past	people	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	change	past	the climate	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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