Test 1 · ★ · What a child can do for nature

«dad says tidy lawn = good garden, mow everything» What would help nature more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: say, mow, help · To what, where: tidy lawn, everything, nature · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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 says	punct
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lawn	amod
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
6	=	=	PUNCT	_	8 garden	punct
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 garden	amod
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lawn	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mow	punct
10	mow	mow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
11	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 mow	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 mow	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 help	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 help	aux
15	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
16	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 help	obj
17	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 help	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	dad	tidy lawn and good garden	tree rules
2	mow in a quote	infinitive		everything	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient
3	help	would		nature	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary

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 · ✓ the right answer

Leaving one corner long and wild with a log pile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 corner	nummod
3	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 corner	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wild	cc
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 pile	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pile	det
9	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pile	compound
10	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		one corner				with a log pile	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Recipient with pile=Theme

Option 2

Covering the grass with stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grass	det
3	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Covering	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 stones	case
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Covering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund		the grass				with stones	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent grass=Destination with stone=Theme

Option 3

Spraying the whole lawn against all insects, good and bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spraying	spray	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lawn	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lawn	amod
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spraying	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 insects	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 insects	det
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spraying	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 insects	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bad	cc
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	gerund		the whole lawn				against all insects	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lawn=Theme against insect=Destination

Option 4

Mowing twice as often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mowing	mow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Mowing	advmod
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 often	advmod
4	often	often	ADV	_	1 Mowing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mow	gerund						often, twice property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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