Test 6 · ★★★ · Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants

«why'd the moas go so fast, they were huge» What is the most likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: moas · What happens: go, be · To what, where: likely reason

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 274 «Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants» 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	_	12 huge	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moas	det
5	moas	moa	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 huge	advcl
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 go	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 huge	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 huge	cop
12	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 reason	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 huge	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 reason	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reason	det
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 likely	advmod
18	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 reason	amod
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	would	the moas		fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	past	moas = moa		huge property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the likely reason		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

A huge volcano erupted and buried the whole of New Zealand under ash and lava

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 volcano	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 volcano	amod
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 erupted	nsubj
4	erupted	erupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 buried	cc
6	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 erupted	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 whole	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buried	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Zealand	case
10	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Zealand	flat
11	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 whole	obl
12	under	under	ADP	_	13 ash	case
13	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buried	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lava	cc
15	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	past	a huge volcano						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bury	past	a huge volcano not said here	the whole		ash and lava			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whole=Theme under ash=Destination

Option 2

The Haast's eagle ate every one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Haast	det
2	Haast	Haast	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 eagle	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Haast	case
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the Haast's eagle	every one					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People arrived and hunted them, and the moas had never met a land hunter like that

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arrived	nsubj
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hunted	cc
4	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 arrived	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hunted	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 met	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 met	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moas	det
9	moas	moa	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 met	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 met	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 met	advmod
12	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 arrived	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hunter	det
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hunter	compound
15	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 met	obj
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 met	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	People			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hunt	past	People not said here	People		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	not meet	past · perfect	the moas	a land hunter	like that	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Co-Agent

Option 4

They flew away to Australia

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	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Australia	case
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	They		Australia			away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to australia=Result

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