Test 10 · ★ · Insects as food in other countries
«we're getting insect burgers at school, can my mate with a prawn allergy have one» What is the careful answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, mate · What happens: get, have, be · To what, where: insect burgers, school, one, careful answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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 | _ | 4 getting | punct |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | insect | insect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burgers | compound |
| 6 | burgers | burger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 getting | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 getting | punct |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 have | aux |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mate | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | nsubj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 allergy | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 allergy | det |
| 15 | prawn | prawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 allergy | compound |
| 16 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mate | nmod |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | advcl |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 have | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 answer | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 answer | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 answer | det |
| 23 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 answer | amod |
| 24 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | parataxis |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 getting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · progressive | we | insect burgers | school | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent burger=Theme at school=Asset | |||
| 2 | have in a quote | can | my mate with a prawn allergy | one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be speech: assert | present | the careful answer | 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
No, insect burgers are poisonous to everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 poisonous | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | insect | insect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 burgers | compound |
| 4 | burgers | burger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 poisonous | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 poisonous | cop |
| 6 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 poisonous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | insect burgers | to everyone; poisonous property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, if he drinks milk with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 drinks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 drinks | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drinks | nsubj |
| 5 | drinks | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drinks | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drinks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | he | milk | with milk | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He should check first, as shellfish allergy can mean a reaction to insects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 check | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 check | aux |
| 3 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 check | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 mean | mark |
| 7 | shellfish | shellfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 allergy | compound |
| 8 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 check | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 reaction | det |
| 12 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 insects | case |
| 14 | insects | insect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 mean | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | should | He | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mean | can | shellfish allergy | a reaction | to insects | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot reaction=Theme to insect=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, insects can never cause allergies, so he can eat as many burgers as he likes
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | insects | insect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 cause | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 cause | advmod |
| 6 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | allergies | allergy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cause | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 eat | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 eat | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 eat | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 eat | aux |
| 12 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cause | conj |
| 13 | as | as | ADV | _ | 14 many | advmod |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 burgers | amod |
| 15 | burgers | burger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 eat | obj |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 likes | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 likes | nsubj |
| 18 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 eat | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cause | can | insects | allergies | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition allergy=Patient | ||||
| 2 | eat | can | he | many burgers | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burger=Patient | ||||
| 3 | like | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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