Test 6 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants…
You wipe your finger across a line of ants. Why do the ants in that spot stop and wander?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, ants · What happens: wipe, stop, wander · To what, where: finger, line
This is test 6 · ★ 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: You wipe your finger across a line of ants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wipe | nsubj |
| 2 | wipe | wipe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 finger | nmod:poss |
| 4 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wipe | obj |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 line | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 line | det |
| 7 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wipe | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 ants | case |
| 9 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 line | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wipe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe | present | You | your finger | a line of ants | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme across line=Trajectory |
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: Why do the ants in that spot stop and wander?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 stop | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ants | det |
| 4 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 spot | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 spot | det |
| 7 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ants | nmod |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wander | cc |
| 10 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 stop | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · do-support | the ants in that spot | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wander | infinitive | the ants in that spot not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
You wiped away the scent trail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wiped | nsubj |
| 2 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADP | _ | 2 wiped | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 trail | det |
| 5 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trail | compound |
| 6 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wiped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe away | past | You | the scent trail | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent trail=Source |
Option 2
You scared the leader ant away for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ant | det |
| 4 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ant | compound |
| 5 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scared | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 scared | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | past | You | the leader ant | for good; away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ant=Experiencer |
Option 3
They stop to count their steps again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 count | mark |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stop | advcl |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 steps | nmod:poss |
| 6 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 count | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 count | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | They | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | count | to-infinitive | They not said here | their steps | again | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | |||
| 3 | step | their = they | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Your finger is too hot for them to cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 finger | nmod:poss |
| 2 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hot | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hot | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hot | advmod |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 cross | mark |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cross | nsubj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 cross | mark |
| 9 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hot | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your finger | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cross | to-infinitive | them = they | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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