Test 10 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants…
A Matabele ant loses a leg in a termite raid. What would its nestmates most likely do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Matabele ant, nestmates · What happens: lose, do · To what, where: leg, termite raid
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» 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 Matabele ant loses a leg in a termite raid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ant | det |
| 2 | Matabele | matabele | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ant | compound |
| 3 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | nsubj |
| 4 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 leg | det |
| 6 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 raid | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 raid | det |
| 9 | termite | termite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 raid | compound |
| 10 | raid | raid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a Matabele ant | a leg | a termite raid | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Eventuality |
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 would its nestmates most likely do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 nestmates | nmod:poss |
| 4 | nestmates | nestmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 likely | advmod |
| 6 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | raid's nestmates | likely property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Make it the new queen of the nest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 queen | amod |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 nest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nest | det |
| 8 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 queen | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary queen=Product |
Option 2
Leave it behind for the termites to eat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 termites | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 termites | det |
| 6 | termites | termite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 eat | mark |
| 8 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | for the termites; behind property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for termite=Recipient | |||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Carry it home and lick its wounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carry | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Carry | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lick | cc |
| 5 | lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Carry | conj |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 wounds | nmod:poss |
| 7 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | it | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | lick | present | you not said here | its wounds | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wound=Source | ||||
| 3 | wound | its = it | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Give it to a spider
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 spider | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spider | det |
| 5 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | a spider | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to spider=Recipient |
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