Test 5 · ★★ · Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases…
«gross there's a fat white worm in the soil» You see it is curled and has six little legs near its head. What is it most likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fat white worm, You · What happens: be, see, curl, have · To what, where: worm, six little legs, head · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 306 «Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases and six legs» 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: «gross there's a fat white worm in the soil» You see it is curled and has six little legs near its head.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 's | punct |
| 2 | gross | gross | ADV | _ | 4 's | advmod |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 's | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 see | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 worm | det |
| 6 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 worm | amod |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 worm | amod |
| 8 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 's | nsubj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 soil | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 soil | det |
| 11 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worm | nmod |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 's | punct |
| 13 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 see | nsubj |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 curled | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 curled | aux:pass |
| 17 | curled | curl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 see | ccomp |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 has | cc |
| 19 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 curled | conj |
| 20 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 legs | nummod |
| 21 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 legs | amod |
| 22 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 has | obj |
| 23 | near | near | ADP | _ | 25 head | case |
| 24 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 head | nmod:poss |
| 25 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 legs | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | a fat white worm in the soil | there | gross property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | present | You | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | curl | present · passive | worm | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | have | present | six little legs | worm's head | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
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 is it most likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | worm | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A baby snake that has not grown up yet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 snake | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 snake | compound |
| 3 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 grown | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grown | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 grown | advmod |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 snake | acl:relcl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 grown | compound:prt |
| 9 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 7 grown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow up | present · perfect | a baby snake | yet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A caterpillar's egg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 caterpillar | det |
| 2 | caterpillar | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 egg | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 caterpillar | case |
| 4 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
An earthworm that grew legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 earthworm | det |
| 2 | earthworm | earthworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 earthworm | acl:relcl |
| 5 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | a earthworm | legs | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leg=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A beetle grub, perhaps a chafer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grub | det |
| 2 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grub | compound |
| 3 | grub | grub | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chafer | punct |
| 5 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 chafer | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chafer | det |
| 7 | chafer | chafer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grub | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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