Test 6 · ★★★ · Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and miss…

«a giraffe that really wanted a long neck would get one» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: giraffe · What happens: want, get, be · To what, where: long neck, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 280 «Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the strongest and missing links» 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	_	11 get	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 giraffe	det
3	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 wanted	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 giraffe	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 neck	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 neck	amod
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 get	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 get	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	past	a giraffe	a long neck		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot neck=Theme
2	get in a quote	would	a giraffe	one		tree rules
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 · ✓ the right answer

No, changes happen by chance, and the place decides which last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 happen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct
3	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	nsubj
4	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 chance	case
6	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 decides	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 decides	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 decides	nsubj
11	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	conj
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 last	nsubj
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 decides	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	changes					by chance	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location
2	decide	present	the place						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if it eats more leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 eats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 eats	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 eats	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eats	nsubj
5	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 leaves	amod
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	it	more leaves					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient

Option 3

No, giraffes never change at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 change	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 change	advmod
5	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	giraffes			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, wishing hard makes the neck grow a little more every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	wishing	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 wishing	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grow	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neck	det
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 little	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 more	obl:unmarked
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 grow	advmod
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grow	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund				hard property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	make	present	wishing	the neck			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset neck=Product
3	grow	present			year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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