Test 7 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

«mutation means you turn into a ninja turtle right» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mutation, you · What happens: mean, turn, be · To what, where: ninja turtle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct
2	mutation	mutation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 turn	nsubj
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 turtle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 turtle	det
8	ninja	ninja	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turtle	compound
9	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl
10	right	right	ADV	_	14 right	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present	mutation			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	turn in a quote	present	you	a ninja turtle		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into turtle=Trajectory
3	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, mutations give animals superpowers and make them talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	mutations	mutation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	nsubj
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obj
6	superpowers	superpower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 give	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	present	mutations	superpowers	animals	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient superpower=Theme
2	make	infinitive	mutations not said here	superpowers = superpower		tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	superpowers = superpower not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, a mutation is a small change in DNA, and most do nothing

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 change	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mutation	det
4	mutation	mutation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 change	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 change	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 change	amod
8	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 DNA	case
10	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 do	cc
13	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 change	parataxis
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a mutation	a small change		DNA			tree rules
2	do	present	most	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 3

No, mutations happen only to plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 happen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	mutations	mutation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	nsubj
4	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 plants	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 plants	case
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	mutations	plants					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but only in sewers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 sewers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 sewers	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 sewers	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sewers	case
6	sewers	sewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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