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Test 10 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they…

A python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days. What is happening inside?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: eat, lie, happen · To what, where: python

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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 python has just eaten a deer and lies still for days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 python	det
2	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 eaten	advmod
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 deer	det
7	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lies	cc
9	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	conj
10	still	still	ADV	_	9 lies	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lies	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · perfect · passive		a python					tree rules
2	lie	present					still; day		vn assuming_position-50 «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.

Sentence 2: What is happening inside?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 happening	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive						inside property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It is getting ready to lay the deer like an egg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 getting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	aux
3	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 getting	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lay	mark
6	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ready	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deer	det
8	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lay	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 egg	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 egg	det
11	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	It					ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	lay	to-infinitive		the deer				like a egg	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Result

Option 2

It is slowly dying, because the meal was far too big for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dying	aux
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 dying	advmod
4	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 big	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 big	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meal	det
8	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 big	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 big	cop
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 big	advmod
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 big	advmod
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dying	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present · progressive	It					slowly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	past	the meal					for it; big, far property	tree rules

Option 3

It is shedding all its bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shedding	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shedding	aux
3	shedding	shed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bones	det:predet
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bones	nmod:poss
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shedding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shed	present · progressive	It	its bones					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its heart and gut have grown bigger to digest the meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grown	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 gut	cc
4	gut	gut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heart	conj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grown	aux
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 grown	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 digest	mark
9	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grown	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 meal	det
11	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 digest	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · perfect	Its heart and gut					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	digest	to-infinitive	Its heart and gut not said here	the meal					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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