Test 1 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn. What do real grey squirrels do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: squirrel, whole film, real grey squirrels · What happens: spend, chase, be, do · To what, where: whole film, Ice Age, single acorn

This is test 1 of lesson 317 «Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines, chinchillas and dormice» 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: In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends the whole film chasing a single acorn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Age	case
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Age	compound
3	Age	Age	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spends	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Scrat	punct
5	Scrat	Scrat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Age	flat
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 squirrel	det
7	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spends	nsubj
8	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 film	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 film	amod
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spends	obj
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 film	acl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 acorn	det
14	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 acorn	amod
15	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chasing	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present	the squirrel	the whole film			in Ice Age		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Asset
2	chase	gerund	the whole film not said here	a single acorn					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme

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 do real grey squirrels do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 squirrels	amod
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 squirrels	amod
5	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	do	present	real grey squirrels						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Bury thousands of nuts in different places and find many by memory and smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bury	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 nuts	case
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 thousands	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 places	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 places	amod
7	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bury	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 find	cc
9	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bury	conj
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 find	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 memory	case
12	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 smell	cc
14	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 memory	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	thousands of nuts		different places			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme in place=Destination
2	find	present	you not said here	many				by memory and smell	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic

Option 2

Bury all their nuts in one big hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 nuts	det:predet
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nuts	nmod:poss
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bury	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 hole	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hole	nummod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hole	amod
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	their nuts		one big hole			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nut=Theme in hole=Destination

Option 3

Keep just one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other squirrel

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 one	advmod
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 nut	nummod
4	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 guard	cc
10	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 guard	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 squirrel	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 squirrel	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 squirrel	amod
15	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	one nut				for their whole life	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
2	guard	infinitive	you not said here	nut				from every other squirrel	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from squirrel=Theme

Option 4

Never store any food for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 store	advmod
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not store	imperative	you not said here	any food			winter		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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