Test 3 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl…

«my bro says count a rattler's rings and you get its age» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, you, best answer · What happens: say, count, get, be · To what, where: rings, age · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bro	nmod:poss
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rattler	det
7	rattler	rattler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rings	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 rattler	case
9	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 count	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 age	nmod:poss
14	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 get	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 What	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 What	nsubj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my bro		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	count in a quote	infinitive		a rattler's rings	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme
3	get in a quote	present	you	bro's age	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer age=Stimulus
4	is a	present	the best 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

Yes, it grows exactly one new ring on its birthday every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 grows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grows	nsubj
4	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 ring	nummod
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ring	amod
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grows	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 birthday	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 birthday	nmod:poss
11	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ring	nmod
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grows	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	it	one new ring		ring's birthday	year		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme

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

No, it adds a ring each time it sheds, several times a year

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 adds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 adds	nsubj
4	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adds	obj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adds	obl:unmarked
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sheds	nsubj
10	sheds	shed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 time	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 times	punct
12	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 times	amod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 adds	obl:unmarked
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 times	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	it	a ring			time		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
2	shed	present	ring	each time not said here					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Source

Option 3

No, rings show how many mice it ate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 many	advmod
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mice	amod
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 show	obj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mice	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	rings		many mice				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient
2	eat	past	it	many mice not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient

Option 4

Yes, but only for female snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 snakes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 snakes	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 snakes	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 snakes	case
6	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snakes	amod
7	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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