Test 7 · ★ · Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders

i read the tadpoles tail just drops off like a lizard's lol. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, tadpoles tail · What happens: read, drop off

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tail	det
4	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tail	compound
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drops	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 drops	advmod
7	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 read	ccomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 drops	compound:prt
9	like	like	ADP	_	13 lol	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lizard	det
11	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lol	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lizard	case
13	lol	lol	NOUN	_	7 drops	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	2 read	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	i						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop off	present	the tadpoles tail					like a lizard's lol	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, it drops off on the pond floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 drops	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drops	nsubj
4	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 drops	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop off	present	it			the pond floor			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the body breaks the tail down and uses it as food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 breaks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaks	nsubj
5	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tail	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaks	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	5 breaks	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 uses	cc
10	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 breaks	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 uses	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 food	case
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	present	the body	the tail					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	use	present	the body not said here	tail				as food	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as food=Attribute

Option 3

No, the tail slowly becomes the frog's long sticky tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 becomes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 becomes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tail	det
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 becomes	nsubj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 becomes	advmod
6	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frog	det
8	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tongue	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 frog	case
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	amod
11	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	amod
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the tail	the frog's long sticky tongue				slowly property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, and another tadpole eats it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 eats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eats	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 eats	cc
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 tadpole	det
5	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eats	nsubj
6	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	another tadpole	it					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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