Test 5 · ★ · Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders
A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo. Why is she not worried?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo keeper, keeper · What happens: pick up, breed, not be · To what, where: poison dart frog, zoo
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 32 «Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders» 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: A zoo keeper picks up a poison dart frog bred in the zoo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 keeper | det |
| 2 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeper | compound |
| 3 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picks | nsubj |
| 4 | picks | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 picks | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 frog | det |
| 7 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 frog | compound |
| 8 | dart | dart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 frog | compound |
| 9 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picks | obj |
| 10 | bred | breed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 frog | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 zoo | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 zoo | det |
| 13 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bred | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 picks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | present | a zoo keeper | a poison dart frog | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Topic | ||||
| 2 | breed | participle | a poison dart frog not said here | the zoo | 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.
Sentence 2: Why is she not worried?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 worried | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worried | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 worried | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 worried | advmod |
| 5 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 worried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | keeper | worried property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Zoo frogs eat fruit flies, not the ants that make them poisonous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 frogs | compound |
| 2 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flies | compound |
| 5 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ants | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 ants | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ants | det |
| 9 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obl |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 make | nsubj |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ants | acl:relcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Zoo frogs | fruit flies | the ants obl | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | present | the ants | flies = fly | poisonous property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
Option 2
Keepers are immune to all frogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keepers | keeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 immune | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 immune | cop |
| 3 | immune | immune | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 frogs | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 frogs | det |
| 6 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 immune | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Keepers | to all frogs; immune property | tree rules |
Option 3
The poison only works at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 poison | det |
| 2 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 works | advmod |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | the poison | night | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Zoo frogs are painted with safe colours over their real poison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 frogs | compound |
| 2 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 painted | aux:pass |
| 4 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 colours | case |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 colours | amod |
| 7 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 painted | obl |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 poison | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 poison | nmod:poss |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 poison | amod |
| 11 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | present · passive | Zoo frogs | frogs's real poison | with safe colours | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme over poison=Destination |
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