Test 7 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…

«no rooster in our coop so the hens won't lay» Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hens, rooster · What happens: not lay, be · To what, where: rooster

This is test 7 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	_	3 rooster	punct
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 rooster	det
3	rooster	rooster	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 right	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 coop	case
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coop	nmod:poss
6	coop	coop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rooster	nmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 lay	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hens	det
9	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lay	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 lay	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 lay	advmod
12	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rooster	acl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 lay	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 right	nsubj
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lay in a quote	future	the hens	no rooster in our coop not said here					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rooster=Result
2	is	present	no rooster in our coop					right property	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

Yes, no cockerel means no eggs at all, not even one in the whole year

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 cockerel	det
4	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 eggs	det
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 eggs	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 one	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 one	advmod
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 means	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 year	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 year	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 year	amod
17	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	no cockerel	no eggs		all			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, the hens lay only brown eggs then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lay	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hens	det
4	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	nsubj
5	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 eggs	advmod
7	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eggs	amod
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	obj
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 lay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	the hens	brown eggs			then		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 3

Yes, but they lay once a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 lay	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lay	nsubj
5	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 lay	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	they				year	once property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, hens lay eggs without a cockerel; the eggs just cannot hatch

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 cockerel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cockerel	det
8	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 hatch	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eggs	det
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hatch	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	15 hatch	advmod
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 hatch	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 hatch	advmod
15	hatch	hatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	hens	eggs				without a cockerel	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result
2	not hatch	can	the eggs						vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

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