Test 10 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

«took the wolves out of the park ages ago and now they put them back, why bother» What did bringing them back show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolves, bother · What happens: take, put back, bring, show · To what, where: wolves, park ages, ages

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» 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	_	2 took	punct
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	9 ages	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ages	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ages	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ages	compound
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obl
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	2 took	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 put	cc
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 put	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 put	nsubj
14	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 put	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 put	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bringing	punct
18	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	23 bringing	advmod
19	bother	bother	DET	PronType=Tot	23 bringing	nsubj:outer
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 bother	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 bringing	nsubj
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 bringing	aux
23	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 show	nsubj
25	back	back	ADV	_	26 show	advmod
26	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 bringing	ccomp
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	past		the wolves	out the park ages	ago property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme out age=Initial_Location
2	put back in a quote	past	wolves = wolf	ages = age	now		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal
3	bring	past · do-support	bother				tree rules
4	show	present	wolves = wolf				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Elk need wolves to show them where to find the best food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 find	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 show	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 food	det
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 food	amod
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	Elk	wolves	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wolf=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	Elk not said here	wolves = wolf	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	find	to-infinitive		the best food	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

Option 2

Wolves eat all the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 trees	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Wolves	all trees					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient

Option 3

Nothing changes when a predator returns to its old home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 returns	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 predator	det
5	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returns	nsubj
6	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 changes	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 home	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 home	amod
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Nothing						tree rules
2	return	present	a predator					to predator's old home result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A top predator can change how other animals and even plants live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 predator	det
2	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 predator	amod
3	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 change	aux
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 other	advmod
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 live	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 plants	cc
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 plants	advmod
11	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animals	conj
12	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 change	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	can	a top predator						tree rules
2	live	present	other animals and plants						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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