Test 11 · ★ · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

«coconuts grow in the sea, that's why they're on beaches» What is the true story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: coconuts, that · What happens: grow, be · To what, where: sea, beaches, true story

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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 grow	punct
2	coconuts	coconut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
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	3 grow	parataxis
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 beaches	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 beaches	cop
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 beaches	case
14	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 why	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 beaches	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 story	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 story	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 story	det
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 story	amod
20	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 why	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow in a quote	present	coconuts		the sea		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location
2	is in a quote	present	that			why property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	coconuts = coconut		beaches		tree rules
4	is a	present		the true story			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

Coconuts grow on palms, but their husks let them float and sprout on far beaches

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coconuts	coconut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 palms	case
4	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 husks	nmod:poss
8	husks	husk	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	nsubj
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sprout	cc
13	sprout	sprout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 float	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 beaches	case
15	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 beaches	amod
16	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sprout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grow	present	Coconuts		palms	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on palm=Location
2	let	present	Coconuts's husks	Coconuts = coconut		tree rules
3	float	infinitive	Coconuts = coconut not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sprout	infinitive	Coconuts = coconut not said here		far beaches	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location

Option 2

They are laid by turtles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 laid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laid	aux:pass
3	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 turtles	case
5	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present · passive	turtles	They					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 3

Yes, they grow on the sea bed and the waves wash them up onto the sand

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grow	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grow	nsubj
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wash	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 waves	det
11	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wash	nsubj
12	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wash	obj
14	up	up	ADP	_	12 wash	compound:prt
15	onto	onto	ADP	_	17 sand	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sand	det
17	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	they			the sea bed			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bed=Location
2	wash up	present	the waves	them = they		the sand			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

They are dropped by seagulls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dropped	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	aux:pass
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 seagulls	case
5	seagulls	seagull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present · passive	seagulls	They					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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