Test 6 · ★ · What a child can do for nature

In a cartoon a girl keeps a pond frog in a goldfish bowl on her desk and it sings every day. What is real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, frog · What happens: keep, sing, be · To what, where: pond frog, cartoon

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a girl keeps a pond frog in a goldfish bowl on her desk and it sings every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 frog	det
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 frog	compound
9	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 bowl	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bowl	det
12	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bowl	compound
13	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 desk	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 desk	nmod:poss
16	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bowl	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sings	cc
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sings	nsubj
19	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keeps	conj
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sings	obl:unmarked
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a girl	a pond frog		a cartoon		in a goldfish bowl on girl's desk	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent frog=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	sing speech: express	present	frog				day		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What is real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						real property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Frogs live happily in a bowl for years, as long as you sing to them each day

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happily	happily	ADV	_	2 live	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bowl	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 live	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 sing	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 sing	nsubj
14	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 long	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sing	obl
17	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Frogs			a bowl	year	happily property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bowl=Location
2	sing speech: express	present	you		Frogs = frog		day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A wild frog taken from its pond often dies, so it is better left there

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 frog	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frog	amod
3	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dies	nsubj
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 frog	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pond	nmod:poss
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 dies	advmod
9	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 better	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 better	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 better	expl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 better	cop
14	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 dies	advcl
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 better	acl
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a wild frog not said here	frog's pond		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from pond=Initial_Location
2	die	present	a wild frog			often property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is	present	a wild frog not said here			good property	tree rules
4	leave	participle			there		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Frogs need no food in a bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bowl	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bowl	det
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Frogs	no food		a bowl			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 4

Frogs prefer tap water to ponds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prefer	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 ponds	case
6	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Frogs	tap water				to ponds	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus

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