Test 10 · Turtles and tortoises

Your little cousin wants to let his pet red-eared slider go in the park pond. What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little cousin, pet, best answer · What happens: want, let, ear, go, be · To what, where: pet, park pond

This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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: Your little cousin wants to let his pet red-eared slider go in the park pond.

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	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cousin	amod
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 let	mark
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pet	nmod:poss
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 slider	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 red	punct
11	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 slider	amod
12	slider	slider	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 pond	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pond	det
16	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pond	compound
17	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	present	Your little cousin			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	let not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your little cousin not said here	cousin's pet		tree rules
3	ear	participle				tree rules
4	go	infinitive	cousin's pet not said here		the park pond	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pond=Location

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 the best answer?

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	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, turtles are always much happier in a big pond than in a tank

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 turtles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 happier	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 happier	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 happier	advmod
7	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 pond	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pond	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pond	amod
11	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happier	obl
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 tank	case
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 tank	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tank	det
15	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	turtles			a big pond		than a tank; happy property	tree rules

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

No, released sliders crowd out local pond animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 crowd	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 crowd	punct
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sliders	amod
4	sliders	slider	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crowd	nsubj
5	crowd	crowd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 crowd	compound:prt
7	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animals	amod
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animals	compound
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crowd	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	participle							vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	crowd out	present	released sliders		local pond animals				vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Destination

Option 3

Yes, it will swim home to its beach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swim	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 swim	aux
5	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 swim	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 beach	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 beach	nmod:poss
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	future	it			its beach		home property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to beach=Destination

Option 4

No, sliders cannot swim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	sliders	slider	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swim	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 swim	advmod
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	can	sliders						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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