Test 5 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

What would happen if one scientist tested a cup of pond water and found newt DNA?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one scientist · What happens: happen, test, find · To what, where: cup, newt DNA

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 tested	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 scientist	nummod
6	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tested	nsubj
7	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cup	det
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tested	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	compound
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cup	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 found	cc
14	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tested	conj
15	newt	newt	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 DNA	compound
16	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	test a condition, not said to happen	past	one scientist	a cup of pond water	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme
3	find	past	one scientist not said here	newt DNA	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dna=Topic

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

It would mean a newt was drunk by mistake

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	3 mean	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 newt	det
5	newt	newt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drunk	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 drunk	aux:pass
7	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mistake	case
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drunk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	would	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drink	past · passive	mistake	a newt					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

It would mean the water is poisonous and nobody should go near the pond

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	3 mean	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poisonous	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 poisonous	cop
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 go	cc
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 go	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mean	conj
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 pond	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pond	det
14	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	would	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the water		poisonous property	tree rules
3	go	should	nobody	the pond		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near pond=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It would show there are no fish there

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	3 show	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 are	expl
5	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 fish	det
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 are	nsubj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 are	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	would	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	no fish			there; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It would show a newt lives in the pond, even if nobody saw it

The tree, 14 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	3 show	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 newt	det
5	newt	newt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	nsubj
6	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pond	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pond	det
9	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 saw	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 saw	advmod
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 saw	mark
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 saw	nsubj
14	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 show	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	show	would	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live	present	a newt		the pond	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location
3	see a condition, not said to happen	past	nobody	newt		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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