Test 2 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…
«brown eggs are healthier innit, that's why mum buys em» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brown eggs, healthier innit, mum, best answer · What happens: be, buy · To what, where: healthier innit, em · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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 | _ | 6 innit | punct |
| 2 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eggs | amod |
| 3 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 innit | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 innit | cop |
| 5 | healthier | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 innit | amod |
| 6 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 why | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | cop |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 innit | acl:relcl |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 buys | nsubj |
| 12 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | ccomp |
| 13 | em | they | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 buys | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 buys | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 buys | parataxis |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 What | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 answer | det |
| 18 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 answer | amod |
| 19 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 What | nsubj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | brown eggs | healthier innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | healthier innit | healthier innit not said here | why property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | buy in a quote | present | mum | em = they | tree rules | ||||
| 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, brown eggs have more vitamins and goodness packed inside them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eggs | amod |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 vitamins | amod |
| 7 | vitamins | vitamin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 goodness | cc |
| 9 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 vitamins | conj |
| 10 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 vitamins | acl |
| 11 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 packed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | brown eggs | more vitamins and goodness | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pack | participle | more vitamins and goodness not said here | inside eggs = egg | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme inside they=Destination |
Option 2
No, white eggs are healthier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 white | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eggs | amod |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 healthier | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 healthier | cop |
| 6 | healthier | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | white eggs | healthy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, the colour only shows the breed; inside they are the same food
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 shows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colour | det |
| 4 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 shows | advmod |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 breed | det |
| 8 | breed | breed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 15 food | case |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 food | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 food | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 food | det |
| 14 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 food | amod |
| 15 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the colour | the breed | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent breed=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | they | the same food | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, white eggs are bleached at the farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 bleached | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eggs | amod |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bleached | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bleached | aux:pass |
| 6 | bleached | bleach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 farm | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 farm | det |
| 9 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bleached | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleach | present · passive | white eggs | the farm | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
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