Test 6 · ★ · The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes

In a cartoon the germs are little green monsters with angry faces. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: germs, truth · What happens: be · To what, where: little green monsters, cartoon

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 299 «The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes» 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: In a cartoon the germs are little green monsters with angry faces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 monsters	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 germs	det
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 monsters	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 monsters	cop
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 monsters	amod
8	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 monsters	amod
9	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 faces	case
11	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 faces	amod
12	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 monsters	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 monsters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the germs	little green monsters		a cartoon		with angry faces	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.

Sentence 2: What is the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

All bacteria are dangerous monsters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 bacteria	det
2	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 monsters	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 monsters	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monsters	amod
5	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	all bacteria	dangerous monsters					tree rules

Option 2

Germs really are green and have faces, but you need glasses to see them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 green	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 green	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 green	cop
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 have	cc
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 green	conj
7	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 need	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 need	cc
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 need	nsubj
11	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 green	parataxis
12	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 need	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 see	mark
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 need	xcomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Germs		green property	tree rules
2	have	present	Germs not said here	faces		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
3	need	present	you	glasses		tree rules
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	glasses not said here	glasses = glass		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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

Germs are far too small to see, and most bacteria are harmless or helpful

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 small	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 small	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 small	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 harmless	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 harmless	cc
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 bacteria	amod
11	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 harmless	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 harmless	cop
13	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 helpful	cc
15	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 harmless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Germs	far, small property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	Germs not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	most bacteria	harmless property	tree rules
4	be		most bacteria not said here		tree rules

Option 4

Germs are as big as ants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 big	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 big	cop
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 big	advmod
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 ants	case
6	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Germs					as ants; big property	tree rules

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