Test 11 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

«why do car people in Sweden do a 'moose test'» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car people · What happens: do, be · To what, where: moose test, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 do	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 people	compound
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Sweden	case
7	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 people	nmod
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 answer	csubj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 test	det
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 test	punct
11	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 test	compound
12	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 test	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 answer	det
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present · do-support	car people in Sweden	a moose test					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality
2	be speech: assert	present		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 · ← Mova's choice

They count how many moose they can spot from the car in one hour

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	2 count	nsubj
2	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moose	amod
5	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 count	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spot	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spot	aux
8	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 moose	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 car	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 car	det
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spot	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hour	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hour	nummod
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	They	many moose					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moose=Theme
2	spot	can	they	many moose not said here		the car	hour		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moose=Destination

Option 2

They test if moose can drive

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	2 test	nsubj
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 drive	mark
4	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 drive	aux
6	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 test	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	They						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	drive a condition, not said to happen	can	moose						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Moose crashes are dangerous, so cars are tested on a sharp swerve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crashes	compound
2	crashes	crash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tested	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 tested	advmod
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tested	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tested	aux:pass
9	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dangerous	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 swerve	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 swerve	det
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 swerve	amod
13	swerve	swerve	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Moose crashes					dangerous property	tree rules
2	test	present · passive		cars		a sharp swerve			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They paint moose on cars for luck

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	2 paint	nsubj
2	paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paint	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 cars	case
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paint	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 luck	case
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paint	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present	They	moose		cars		for luck	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent moose=Theme on car=Destination

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