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Test 7 · ★★★ · Snakes and lizards

A lizard dropped its tail to escape a cat. What is different about the tail that grows back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lizard, tail · What happens: drop, escape, be, grow back · To what, where: tail, cat

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Snakes and lizards» 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 lizard dropped its tail to escape a cat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lizard	det
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 escape	mark
7	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dropped	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cat	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 escape	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	a lizard	lizard's tail					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
2	escape	to-infinitive	a lizard not said here	a cat					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cat=Initial_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 is different about the tail that grows back?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 different	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 different	cop
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 tail	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tail	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 different	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 grows	nsubj
8	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tail	acl:relcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 grows	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the tail; different property	tree rules
2	grow back	present	the tail						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It has cartilage inside instead of bone

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cartilage	cartilage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
4	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	7 bone	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	cartilage				instead bone; inside property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cartilage=Patient

Option 2

It grows back exactly the same, with bone

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 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 same	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grows	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bone	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 bone	case
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow back	present	It					same property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It never grows back, so the lizard has no tail for life

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 grows	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 grows	advmod
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 grows	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 has	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lizard	det
8	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grows	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 tail	det
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tail	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow back	present	It						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	the lizard	no tail				for life	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 4

It grows back as two tails

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 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 tails	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 tails	nummod
6	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow back	present	It					as two tails	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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