Test 10 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

Why would roaring and walking side by side be better for stags than fighting at once?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: roar, walk, be, fight · To what, where: side

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 roaring	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 roaring	aux
3	roaring	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 better	csubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 walking	cc
5	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 better	csubj
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 side	case
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 better	cop
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 stags	case
12	stags	stag	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 better	obl
13	than	than	SCONJ	_	14 fighting	mark
14	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 better	advcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 fighting	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	roar	would				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	gerund		side	by side	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent side=Theme by side=Trajectory
3	is	imperative	you not said here		for stags; good property	tree rules
4	fight	gerund	you not said here			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

They are too tired to fight in autumn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tired	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 autumn	case
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					tired property	tree rules
2	fight	to-infinitive	They not said here				autumn		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Roaring makes the antlers grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roaring	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 antlers	det
4	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	roar	gerund		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		tree rules
3	grow	present	the antlers	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The weaker stag can see he would lose and leave unhurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stag	det
2	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 stag	amod
3	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lose	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 lose	aux
8	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
11	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	see	can	the weaker stag		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose	would	stag		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leave	infinitive	the weaker stag not said here	unhurt property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Fighting is forbidden by the herd leader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 leader	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leader	det
6	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leader	compound
7	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	the herd leader	Fighting					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

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