Test 5 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…

«crap, dunno how old these eggs are» How can a bowl of water help?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: crap · What happens: be · To what, where: help

This is test 5 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	_	2 crap	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 help	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct
4	dunno	dunno	INTJ	_	6 old	discourse
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 old	advmod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 crap	amod
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 eggs	det
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 old	obj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 help	cop
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 are	punct
11	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 help	advmod
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 help	aux
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bowl	det
14	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 help	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 water	case
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bowl	nmod
17	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can · present	crap	help					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

Fresh eggs float on top and the very old ones sink right down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 float	nsubj
3	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 top	case
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 float	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sink	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 old	advmod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sink	nsubj
11	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 float	conj
12	right	right	ADV	_	13 down	advmod
13	down	down	ADV	_	11 sink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	Fresh eggs			top			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory
2	sink	present	the old ones					down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Old eggs turn the water yellow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obj
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Old eggs	the water				yellow property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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

Fresh eggs lie flat on the bottom, very old ones float

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lie	nsubj
3	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flat	flat	ADV	_	3 lie	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lie	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 float	punct
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 old	advmod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ones	amod
11	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 float	nsubj
12	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lie	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Fresh eggs			the bottom		flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bottom=Location
2	float	present	old ones						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Old eggs sink faster to the bottom than fresh ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sink	nsubj
3	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 sink	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sink	obl
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 ones	case
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Old eggs					to the bottom; than fresh ones; fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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