Test 4 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

«giraffe stretched its neck reaching for leaves, so the baby got a long neck too» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: giraffe, neck, baby, best correction · What happens: stretch, reach, get, be · To what, where: neck, long neck · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	_	3 stretched	punct
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretched	nsubj
3	stretched	stretch	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 neck	nmod:poss
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretched	obj
6	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 neck	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reaching	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 baby	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stretched	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 neck	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 neck	amod
16	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	obj
17	too	too	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 got	parataxis
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 correction	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 correction	amod
23	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 What	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stretched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stretch in a quote	past	giraffe	giraffe's neck		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient
2	reach in a quote	gerund	giraffe's neck not said here		for leaves	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	past	the baby	a long neck		tree rules
4	is a	present	the best correction			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

Right, every stretch goes to the babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 stretch	det
4	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 babies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 babies	det
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	every stretch			the babies			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to baby=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stretching is not passed on; longer-necked giraffes just had more young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stretching	stretching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 passed	advmod
4	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 passed	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 had	punct
7	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 necked	advmod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 longer	punct
9	necked	neck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 giraffes	amod
10	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 had	advmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	conj
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 young	amod
14	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pass on	present · passive		Stretching		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	neck	participle			long property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	past	necked giraffes	more young		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Patient

Option 3

Wrong, giraffe necks are short at birth and never grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 necks	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 necks	compound
4	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 short	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 short	cop
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 birth	case
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 short	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grow	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 grow	advmod
11	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 short	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wrong giraffe necks			birth		short property	tree rules
2	not grow	present	Wrong giraffe necks not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Right, but only if the mother stretches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	8 stretches	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stretches	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stretches	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 stretches	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 stretches	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stretches	nsubj
8	stretches	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present	the mother						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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