Test 7 · Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs…

«my brother says a frog closing its eyes when it eats is cos it's shy lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, frog · What happens: say, close, eat, be · To what, where: eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 308 «Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs and the goliath frog» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shy	nsubj
7	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 frog	acl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eyes	nmod:poss
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 closing	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 eats	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 eats	nsubj
12	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 closing	advcl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 shy	cop
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	17 shy	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 shy	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 shy	cop
17	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	22 right	discourse
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 lol	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 shy	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	close in a quote	gerund	a frog not said here	frog's eyes		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
3	eat in a quote	present	frog			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	a frog		shy property	tree rules
5	is	present			right property	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

It is falling asleep after each bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 falling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 falling	aux
3	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falling	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 bite	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 bite	det
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · progressive	It				after each bite	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Frogs are shy and close their eyes from embarrassment when people watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shy	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shy	cop
3	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 close	cc
5	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shy	conj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 close	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 embarrassment	case
9	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 watch	advmod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 watch	nsubj
12	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 close	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frogs			shy property	tree rules
2	close	present	Frogs not said here	Frogs's eyes	embarrassment		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
3	watch	present	people				vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It pulls its eyes down to help push the food down its throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulls	nsubj
2	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulls	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 pulls	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pulls	advcl
8	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 help	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 food	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 push	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	13 throat	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 throat	nmod:poss
13	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull down	present	It	its eyes		down property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	help	to-infinitive					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	push	infinitive		the food	food's throat		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent food=Theme down throat=Trajectory

Option 4

Frogs never close their eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 close	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 close	advmod
3	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 close	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not close	present	Frogs	Frogs's eyes					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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