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Test 7 · ★ · The rainforest from below: understorey and forest floor

«they chopped the jungle and the farm went rubbish in 3 years, why??» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, farm · What happens: chop, go, be · To what, where: jungle, rubbish, best answer

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 3 «The rainforest from below: understorey and forest floor» 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: «they chopped the jungle and the farm went rubbish in 3 years, why??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chopped	nsubj
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jungle	det
5	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chopped	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farm	det
8	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chopped	conj
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 went	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 why	punct
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 years	acl:relcl
16	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop in a quote	past	they	the jungle					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jungle=Patient
2	go in a quote	past	the farm	rubbish			year		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rubbish=Theme

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: Which is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The farm was cursed by the forest spirits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farm	det
2	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cursed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cursed	aux:pass
4	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 spirits	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spirits	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spirits	compound
8	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past · passive	the forest spirits	the farm					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The nutrients were in the trees, and the thin soil soon ran out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nutrients	det
2	nutrients	nutrient	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 trees	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trees	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 trees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ran	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ran	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soil	det
10	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 soil	amod
11	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ran	nsubj
12	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 ran	advmod
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trees	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the nutrients			the trees			tree rules
2	run out	past	the thin soil					soon property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The rain stopped for ever after the trees were cut down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 ever	case
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 stopped	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 cut	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cut	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cut	aux:pass
10	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stopped	advcl
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 cut	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the rain						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	cut down	past · passive		the trees					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

The farmers used the wrong tractor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmers	det
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tractor	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tractor	amod
6	tractor	tractor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the farmers	the wrong tractor					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tractor=Patient

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