Test 7 · Crocodiles and alligators

Why can a crocodile go months without eating, but you can't?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crocodile · What happens: go, eat

This is test 7 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 go	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crocodile	det
4	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	obl:unmarked
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 eating	mark
8	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 go	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ca	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 ca	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 ca	nsubj
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	parataxis
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 ca	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	a crocodile				month		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	gerund	a crocodile not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

You could too if you tried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tried	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 tried	aux
3	too	too	ADV	_	6 tried	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 tried	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tried	nsubj
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	could	You						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Crocodiles store extra food in their thick tails for later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 store	nsubj
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 tails	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tails	nmod:poss
7	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tails	amod
8	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 store	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 later	case
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 store	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	Crocodiles	extra food		Crocodiles's thick tails			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Theme in tail=Location

Option 3

Crocodiles eat stones instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Crocodiles	stones				instead property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cold-blooded animals use much less energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blooded	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Cold	punct
3	blooded	blooded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animals	amod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 less	advmod
7	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 energy	amod
8	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	blooded animals	less energy					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient

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