Test 2 · Turtles and tortoises

my mate says the shell rings tell u the age like a tree, his tortoise is 30 cos it has 30 rings. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, shell rings, tortoise · What happens: say, tell, be, have · To what, where: 30, 30 rings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rings	det
5	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rings	compound
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	u	u	ADP	_	10 age	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 age	det
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 30	punct
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 tortoise	nmod:poss
16	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 30	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 30	cop
18	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 tell	ccomp
19	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	21 has	mark
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 has	nsubj
21	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 30	advcl
22	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	23 rings	nummod
23	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 has	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
25	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	present	the shell rings		u the age	like a tree	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	mate's tortoise	30			tree rules
4	have	present	tortoise	30 rings			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, but you must add ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 add	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 add	cc
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 add	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 add	aux
6	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	must	you	ten					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Patient

Option 2

Yes, one ring is exactly one year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 year	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 ring	nummod
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 year	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 year	cop
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 year	nummod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	one ring	one year					tree rules

Option 3

No, you must count the spots on its legs, one spot for each year of life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 count	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 count	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 count	aux
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spots	det
7	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 count	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spots	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spot	punct
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 spot	nummod
13	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 count	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spot	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 life	case
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 year	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	must	you	the spots		its legs		one spot for each year of life obl	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, rings can grow several a year or none, so it is only a rough guess

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	aux
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 year	amod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl:unmarked
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 none	cc
10	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	8 year	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 guess	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	18 guess	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 guess	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 guess	cop
15	only	only	ADV	_	18 guess	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 guess	det
17	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 guess	amod
18	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	can	rings				year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a rough guess					tree rules

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