Test 1 · ★★ · Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and…

«doc gave me antibiotics, I feel fine after 2 days so I'll bin the rest» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doc, I · What happens: give, feel, bin, be · To what, where: antibiotics, me, rest

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 279 «Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants» 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 gave	punct
2	doc	doc	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 feel	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 feel	nsubj
8	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gave	conj
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feel	obl
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 bin	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 bin	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 bin	aux
16	bin	bin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 feel	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rest	det
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bin	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 best	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 best	cop
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 gave	iobj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	past	doc	antibiotics	me			tree rules
2	feel in a quote	present	I			day	fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	bin in a quote	future	I	the rest				vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rest=Theme
4	is	present					good 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

Bin them, because feeling fine means every single germ is already dead and gone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bin	bin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bin	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 means	mark
5	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 means	csubj
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	xcomp
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bin	parataxis
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 germ	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 germ	amod
10	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dead	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dead	cop
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 dead	advmod
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gone	cc
15	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bin	imperative	you not said here	them = they		vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	feel	gerund			fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	mean	present	feeling			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	every single germ		dead property	tree rules
5	be		every single germ not said here			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Take them all at once tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	all	all	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Take	obl
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	them = they			tomorrow	all property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at once=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Finish the course as the doctor says, so the toughest germs do not survive

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finish	obj
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 says	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doctor	det
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Finish	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 survive	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 survive	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 germs	det
11	toughest	tough	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 germs	amod
12	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 survive	nsubj
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 survive	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 survive	advmod
15	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Finish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	finish	imperative	you not said here	the course	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality course=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	the doctor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not survive	present · do-support	the toughest germs		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Give the rest to your dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rest	det
3	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dog	nmod:poss
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the rest	your dog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to dog=Recipient

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