Test 1 · ★★ · Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, humming…

lol ostriches bury their heads in sand when scared. everyone knows that

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ostriches, everyone · What happens: bury, know · To what, where: heads, sand, that

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrots, hummingbirds, songbirds, crows» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 bury	discourse
2	ostriches	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bury	nsubj
3	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 heads	nmod:poss
5	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bury	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bury	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 scared	mark
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bury	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bury	punct
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bury	parataxis
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present	ostriches	ostriches's heads		sand			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in sand=Destination
2	know	present	everyone	that					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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

True, but only the males

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 males	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 males	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 males	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 males	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 males	det
6	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

True, they breathe through the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 breathe	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breathe	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 breathe	nsubj
4	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breathe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	they			the sand			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Myth: they lie flat with necks on the ground or turn their eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Myth	parataxis
5	flat	flat	ADV	_	4 lie	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 necks	case
7	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lie	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 necks	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 turn	cc
12	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	conj
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 eggs	nmod:poss
14	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 turn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	they					with necks on the ground; flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	turn	present	they not said here	necks's eggs					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

Option 4

True, they hide their heads in the sand till the danger goes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hide	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hide	nsubj
4	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heads	nmod:poss
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sand	det
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl
10	till	till	SCONJ	_	13 goes	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 danger	det
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goes	nsubj
13	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hide	advcl
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	they	their heads		the sand			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Patient in sand=Location
2	go away	present	the danger					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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