Test 9 · Crocodiles and alligators

Why might a capybara feel safe beside a resting caiman?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: capybara · What happens: feel, rest

This is test 9 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 feel	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 capybara	det
4	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 caiman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 caiman	det
9	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 caiman	amod
10	caiman	caiman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safe	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	might	a capybara					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	rest	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Caimans eat only plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caimans	caiman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 plants	advmod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj

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

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

A caiman that has just eaten may not bother with a big rodent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 caiman	det
2	caiman	caiman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bother	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 eaten	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 eaten	advmod
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 caiman	acl:relcl
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 bother	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bother	advmod
9	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 rodent	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rodent	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rodent	amod
13	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bother	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · perfect	a caiman						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not bother	may	a caiman					with a big rodent	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Caimans are afraid of capybaras

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caimans	caiman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 capybaras	case
5	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Caimans					of capybaras; afraid property	tree rules

Option 4

Capybaras are poisonous to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Capybaras	capybara	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 poisonous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 poisonous	cop
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 eat	mark
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 poisonous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Capybaras					poisonous property	tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	Capybaras not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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