Test 7 · ★ · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals

Why does the Arctic tern see more daylight than any other animal?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Arctic tern · What happens: see · To what, where: more daylight

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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	6 see	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tern	det
4	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tern	amod
5	tern	tern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 daylight	amod
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 animal	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 animal	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animal	amod
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · do-support	the Arctic tern	more daylight				than any other animal	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus

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

It never sleeps at all, not even for a minute

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 sleeps	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 sleeps	advmod
3	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sleeps	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 minute	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 minute	advmod
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 minute	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 minute	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 minute	det
11	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	present	It			all	minute		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It lives on the equator, where the sun is strongest all year

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	2 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 equator	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 equator	det
5	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 strongest	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 strongest	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strongest	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 strongest	cop
11	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 lives	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strongest	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			the equator			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on equator=Location
2	is	present	the sun				year	strong property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It follows the summer from the far north to the far south

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	2 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 summer	det
4	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 north	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 north	det
7	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 north	amod
8	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 south	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 south	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 south	amod
12	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 north	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	It			the far north to the far south	summer		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from north=Trajectory

Option 4

It flies only at midday

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	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 midday	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 midday	case
5	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	It			midday			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at midday=Location

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