Test 11 · Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampire bats, the bumbleb…

«the vet says vampire bat spit might help ppl, how» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vet, bat spit, ppl · What happens: say, help, be · To what, where: ppl, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 314 «Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampire bats, the bumblebee bat and tent-makers» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vet	det
3	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bat	compound
6	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spit	compound
7	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 help	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 help	aux
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	9 help	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 answer	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 answer	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 how	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 answer	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 answer	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ppl	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the vet			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help in a quote	might	bat spit		ppl and the answer	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary
3	be speech: assert	present	ppl and the answer	the answer		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 turns blood into water

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	blood		water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent blood=Theme into water=Trajectory

Option 2

It cures toothache in one day

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 cures	nsubj
2	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cures	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 day	nummod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present	It	toothache			day		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer toothache=Source

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

It stops blood going thick and sticky, which scientists study for medicines

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 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	nsubj
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	xcomp
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 going	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sticky	cc
7	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thick	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 study	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 study	obj
10	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 study	nsubj
11	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 medicines	case
13	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 study	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	go	gerund	blood	thick property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	study	present	scientists	for medicines	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme for medicine=Attribute

Option 4

It makes people grow wings

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	people					tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	people not said here	wings					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme

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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