Test 6 · ★★★ · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…

In a cartoon a girl blows a dandelion clock and says «three o'clock!». What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: blow, say, be · To what, where: dandelion clock, three o'clock · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 340 «Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clover and plantain» 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: In a cartoon a girl blows a dandelion clock and says «three o'clock!».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blows	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blows	nsubj
6	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 clock	det
8	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clock	compound
9	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blows	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 says	cc
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 blows	conj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 o'clock	punct
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 o'clock	nummod
14	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 o'clock	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 o'clock	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 blows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	a girl	a dandelion clock				in a cartoon	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent clock=Patient in cartoon=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	a girl not said here	three o'clock					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent o'clock=Topic

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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1

She is right: each puff is one hour, so it works in summer when the seeds are ripe

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 hour	punct
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 puff	det
6	puff	puff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hour	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hour	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hour	nummod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 works	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 works	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 works	nsubj
13	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 summer	case
15	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 works	obl
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 ripe	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 seeds	det
18	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 ripe	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 ripe	cop
20	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	each puff	one hour			tree rules
3	work	present	puff		summer		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the seeds			ripe property	tree rules

Option 2

Each seed is one minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 seed	det
2	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 minute	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 minute	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 minute	nummod
5	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	each seed	one minute					tree rules

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

The puffs do not tell the time; the seeds just fly off on parachutes

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puffs	det
2	puffs	puff	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 fly	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seeds	det
10	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fly	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 fly	advmod
12	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	parataxis
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 fly	compound:prt
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 parachutes	case
15	parachutes	parachute	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	present · do-support	the puffs				time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly off	present	the seeds			parachutes			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on parachute=Location

Option 4

Dandelions keep exact time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dandelions	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Dandelions				time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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