Test 10 · Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and was…

«grandpa had this tortoise as a kid and now I've got it» How can that be?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandpa, I · What happens: have, get · To what, where: tortoise

This is test 10 of lesson 329 «Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and washing hands» 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	_	3 had	punct
2	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 tortoise	det
5	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 kid	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kid	det
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 got	cc
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 got	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 got	nsubj
12	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 got	aux
13	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 had	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
16	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 be	advmod
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 be	aux
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 be	nsubj
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 got	advcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	grandpa	this tortoise				as a kid	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Patient
2	get in a quote	present · perfect	I	tortoise			now		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

Tortoises stop the clock while asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clock	det
4	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 asleep	mark
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Tortoises	the clock					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality clock=Eventuality

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

Pet tortoises often live 50 years or much longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tortoises	compound
2	tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl:unmarked
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 much	cc
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Pet tortoises				year	long, often property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It must be a different tortoise

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	6 tortoise	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 tortoise	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 tortoise	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tortoise	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tortoise	amod
6	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must	It	a different tortoise					tree rules

Option 4

Tortoises are reborn every few years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reborn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reborn	cop
3	reborn	reborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 years	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 years	amod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reborn	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tortoises				year	reborn property	tree rules

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