Test 1 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

lol science says bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly. mad right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: science, bumblebees · What happens: say, not be, fly · To what, where: mad right · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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 says	discourse
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bumblebees	bumblebee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 able	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 able	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 able	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 able	cop
8	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fly	mark
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 able	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 right	punct
12	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 right	amod
13	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fly	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	science			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	should	bumblebees		able property	tree rules
3	fly	to-infinitive	bumblebees not said here	mad right		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Myth: the sum used a stiff aeroplane wing, but bee wings flap and twist

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wing	det
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wing	amod
8	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wing	compound
9	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flap	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 flap	cc
12	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wings	compound
13	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 flap	nsubj
14	flap	flap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 twist	cc
16	twist	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 flap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	Myth	a stiff aeroplane wing	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	flap	present	bee wings		vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	twist	present	bee wings not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

True, they float along on clouds of pollen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 True	parataxis
5	along	along	ADV	_	4 float	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 clouds	case
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 float	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pollen	case
9	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clouds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	they			clouds of pollen		along property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cloud=Trajectory
2	cloud			pollen					nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

True, they fly by magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fly	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fly	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fly	nsubj
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 magic	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	they					by magic	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by magic=Location

Option 4

True, nobody knows how they fly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nobody	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fly	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fly	nsubj
7	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	fly	present	they						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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