Test 9 · Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and was…

«my gecko just licked its own eye, gross, is it ill» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gecko, best answer · What happens: lick, be · To what, where: own eye · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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	_	5 licked	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 gecko	nmod:poss
3	gecko	gecko	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 licked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 licked	advmod
5	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eye	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eye	amod
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 licked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gross	punct
10	gross	gross	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eye	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ill	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ill	nsubj
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 licked	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 ill	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 licked	parataxis
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	_	5 licked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lick in a quote	past	my gecko	gecko's own eye and gross		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	gecko		ill property	tree rules
3	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, most geckos have no moving eyelids and clean their eyes with their tongue

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 geckos	amod
4	geckos	gecko	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 eyelids	det
7	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 eyelids	amod
8	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 clean	cc
10	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clean	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 tongue	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 tongue	nmod:poss
15	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	most geckos	no moving eyelids		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Patient
2	move	gerund				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	clean	present	most geckos not said here	geckos's eyes	with geckos's tongue	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with tongue=Instrument

Option 2

It means the gecko is hungry for eyes

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gecko	det
4	gecko	gecko	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hungry	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hungry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the gecko					for eyes; hungry property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it means the gecko is very sick and should go to the vet straight away

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gecko	det
6	gecko	gecko	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sick	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sick	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 sick	advmod
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 go	cc
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 vet	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vet	det
15	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl
16	straight	straight	ADV	_	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	12 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the gecko		sick property	tree rules
3	go	should		the vet	away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to vet=Initial_Location

Option 4

Yes, it is trying to eat its eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eye	nmod:poss
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	it						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive		its eye					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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