Test 8 · ★★ · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…
«why would anyone build a bridge for crabs lol» What is the reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: anyone · What happens: build, be · To what, where: bridge, reason · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 build | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 build | advmod |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 build | aux |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 build | nsubj |
| 5 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 reason | csubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bridge | det |
| 7 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 build | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 crabs | case |
| 9 | crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 build | obl |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 build | discourse |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 build | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 reason | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 reason | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 reason | det |
| 15 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build in a quote | would | anyone | a bridge | for crabs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bridge=Product for crab=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the reason | 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
Millions of red crabs cross roads on Christmas Island; bridges stop them being squashed
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 crabs | case |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 crabs | amod |
| 4 | crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Millions | nmod |
| 5 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cross | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Island | case |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Island | compound |
| 9 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 roads | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 stop | punct |
| 11 | bridges | bridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 stop | nsubj |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cross | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stop | obj |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 squashed | aux:pass |
| 15 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | present | Millions of red crabs | roads | Christmas Island | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | |||
| 2 | stop | present | bridges | roads = road | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | squash | gerund · passive | bridges not said here | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together» |
Option 2
Crabs like to walk high up so they can see the sea from far away
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 like | nsubj |
| 2 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 walk | mark |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 like | xcomp |
| 5 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 up | advmod |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 walk | advmod |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 walk | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 see | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 far | case |
| 14 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 see | advmod |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 far | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | Crabs | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk not said to happen | to-infinitive | Crabs not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | can | Crabs = crab | the sea | far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |
Option 3
To keep crabs out of the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 forest | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 forest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 forest | det |
| 7 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | crabs | the forest | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crab=Theme out forest=Location |
Option 4
Crabs pay to use the bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 use | mark |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 pay | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bridge | det |
| 6 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Crabs | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | Crabs not said here | the bridge | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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