Test 3 · ★★ · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…
A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain. What could happen as the climate warms?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: small mountain mouse, climate · What happens: live, happen, warm · To what, where: top
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» 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: A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mouse | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mouse | amod |
| 3 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mouse | compound |
| 4 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lives | nsubj |
| 5 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 top | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 top | det |
| 8 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lives | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 mountain | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mountain | det |
| 11 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 top | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a small mountain mouse | the top of a mountain | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near top=Location |
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 could happen as the climate warms?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 warms | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 climate | det |
| 6 | climate | climate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warms | nsubj |
| 7 | warms | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | warm | present | the climate | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may move up until there is nowhere higher left to go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 move | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | aux |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 move | compound:prt |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 is | mark |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | advcl |
| 8 | nowhere | nowhere | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 higher | advmod |
| 9 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 is | xcomp |
| 10 | left | left | ADV | _ | 12 go | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move up | may | It | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | be | present | there | high property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | left property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, mountain tops never warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tops | punct |
| 3 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tops | compound |
| 4 | tops | top | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 warm | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tops | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
It will grow wings and fly away to a colder place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 grow | aux |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fly | cc |
| 6 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 grow | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 fly | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 place | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 place | det |
| 10 | colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 place | amod |
| 11 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | future | It | wings | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fly away | infinitive | to a colder place result; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to place=Result |
Option 4
It will move down to the warm valley, where it likes the heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 move | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | aux |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 move | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 valley | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 valley | amod |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 move | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 likes | punct |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 likes | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 likes | nsubj |
| 12 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 heat | det |
| 14 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move down | future | It | the warm valley | down property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to valley=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | like | present | valley | the heat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme |
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