Test 9 · ★ · Insects as food in other countries

«a locust swarm, so what, it's a few grasshoppers» What is the danger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: swarm, locust swarm · What happens: be · To what, where: few grasshoppers, danger

This is test 9 · ★ 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 swarm	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 swarm	det
3	locust	locust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swarm	compound
4	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 danger	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	18 danger	advmod
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 danger	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grasshoppers	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grasshoppers	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 grasshoppers	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 grasshoppers	det
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grasshoppers	amod
13	grasshoppers	grasshopper	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 danger	nsubj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 grasshoppers	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 danger	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 danger	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 danger	det
18	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swarm	appos
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 swarm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	swarm	a few grasshoppers					tree rules
2	is a	present	a locust swarm	the danger					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A big swarm can eat as much food in a day as millions of people

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 swarm	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swarm	amod
3	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 eat	aux
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 millions	case
13	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eat	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 people	case
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 millions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	can	a big swarm	much food			day	as millions of people	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 2

Swarms are always tiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swarms	swarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tiny	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tiny	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 tiny	advmod
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3

Locusts only eat wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locusts	locust	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj

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

Option 4

Locusts eat only other insects, so a swarm keeps the crops safe from pests

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locusts	locust	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	_	5 insects	advmod
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 insects	amod
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keeps	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 keeps	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 swarm	det
9	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keeps	nsubj
10	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 eat	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crops	det
12	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keeps	obj
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keeps	xcomp
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 pests	case
15	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Locusts	other insects					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient
2	keep	present	a swarm	the crops				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme

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