Test 9 · ★ · Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders

Why are scientists interested in wood frogs for hospitals?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientists · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 interested	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interested	cop
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 interested	nsubj
4	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 frogs	case
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frogs	compound
7	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 interested	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 hospitals	case
9	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 frogs	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 interested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	scientists					in wood frogs for hospitals; interested property	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

To learn how to make sick people hibernate through the summer months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 learn	mark
2	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hibernate	parataxis
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 make	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learn	ccomp
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
8	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	through	through	ADP	_	12 months	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 months	det
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 months	compound
12	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hibernate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	learn	to-infinitive			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	to-infinitive	sick people		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product
3	hibernate	present		month	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 2

To breed frogs for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 breed	mark
2	breed	breed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breed	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	to-infinitive		frogs				for food	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To learn how to keep organs for transplant cold for longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 learn	mark
2	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learn	xcomp
6	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 transplant	case
8	transplant	transplant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 longer	case
11	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	to-infinitive							vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	to-infinitive		organs				for transplant; cold property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent organ=Theme

Option 4

To make new medicines for coughs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 medicines	amod
4	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 coughs	case
6	coughs	cough	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		new medicines				for coughs	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent medicine=Product for cough=Asset

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