Test 12 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

«what's the point, I'm just a kid, can't save the planet» What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, point, best reply · What happens: be, not save · To what, where: point, kid, planet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	_	15 save	punct
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 point	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 point	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 point	det
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 save	nsubj:outer
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kid	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 kid	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 kid	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 kid	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kid	det
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 save	punct
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 save	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 save	advmod
15	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 What	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 planet	det
17	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 save	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 save	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 What	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 reply	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 reply	amod
23	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 What	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the point	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	I	a kid	tree rules
3	not save in a quote	can	the point	the planet	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme
4	is a	present	the best reply		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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only famous people can help nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	can	famous people	nature					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Small acts like a wild corner or recording sightings add up when many do them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acts	amod
2	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 add	nsubj
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 corner	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 corner	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 corner	amod
6	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acts	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 sightings	cc
8	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sightings	compound
9	sightings	sighting	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 corner	conj
10	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 add	compound:prt
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 many	advmod
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 add	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add up speech: assert	present	Small acts like a wild corner or recording sightings						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	do	present	many	acts = act					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality

Option 3

You are right, children cannot help, so it is best to leave it to adults

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 help	punct
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 help	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 help	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 help	advmod
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 best	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 best	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 best	expl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 best	cop
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 right	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 leave	mark
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 best	csubj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 leave	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 adults	case
18	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			right property	tree rules
2	not help	can	children				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	is	present				good property	tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive		it	adults		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to adult=Recipient

Option 4

Helping nature is only for zoos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 zoos	csubj
2	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Helping	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 zoos	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 zoos	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 zoos	case
6	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	gerund		nature					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary
2	is	present	Helping					for zoos	tree rules

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