Test 1 · ★ · Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present

«saw The Meg, megalodon's still down there in the deep innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: see, be · To what, where: Meg · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 273 «Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present» 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	_	2 saw	punct
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Meg	det
4	Meg	Meg	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 megalodon	punct
6	megalodon	megalodon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Meg	conj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 megalodon	case
8	still	still	ADV	_	10 there	advmod
9	down	down	ADV	_	10 there	advmod
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 saw	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 innit	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 innit	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 innit	amod
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 there	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saw	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past		the Meg and megalodon		there			tree rules
2	is	present						right 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it lives in the Mariana Trench, where it is too deep and dark to be filmed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 lives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lives	nsubj
4	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Trench	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Trench	det
7	Mariana	Mariana	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Trench	compound
8	Trench	Trench	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lives	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 deep	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 deep	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 deep	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 deep	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 deep	advmod
14	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Trench	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 dark	cc
16	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 deep	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	19 filmed	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 filmed	aux:pass
19	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 dark	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	live	present	it	the Mariana Trench		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trench=Location
2	is	present	Trench		deep property	tree rules
3	be		Trench not said here			tree rules
4	film	to-infinitive · passive	Trench not said here			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Yes, a young one is kept in a secret aquarium

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 aquarium	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 aquarium	det
10	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 aquarium	amod
11	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		a young one		a secret aquarium			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in aquarium=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is extinct; a shark that big would leave teeth, bitten whales and sightings

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 extinct	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 extinct	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 extinct	cop
5	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 leave	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shark	det
8	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leave	nsubj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 big	nsubj
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shark	amod
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 leave	aux
12	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 extinct	parataxis
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 leave	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 whales	punct
15	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 whales	amod
16	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 teeth	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sightings	cc
18	sightings	sighting	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		extinct property	tree rules
2	leave	would	a shark	teeth and bitten whales and sightings		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme
3	bite	participle				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, it slowly turned into the blue whale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turned	nsubj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 turned	advmod
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 whale	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 whale	det
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 whale	amod
9	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	it					into the blue whale result; slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into whale=Result

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