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Test 2 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

My friend says ladybird spots tell you its age, 7 spots means 7 years. Right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, ladybird spots, age · What happens: say, tell, mean · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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

Sentence 1: My friend says ladybird spots tell you its age, 7 spots means 7 years.

nmod:possnsubjcompoundnsubjccompiobjnmod:possnsubjpunctnummodconjparataxisnummodobjpunctrootMyPRONfriendNOUNsaysVERBladybirdNOUNspotsNOUNtellVERByouPRONitsPRONageNOUN,PUNCT7NUMspotsNOUNmeansVERB7NUMyearsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ladybirdladybirdNOUNNumber=Sing5 spotscompound
5spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur6 tellnsubj
6telltellVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
7youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs6 telliobj
8itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 agenmod:poss
9ageageNOUNNumber=Sing13 meansnsubj
10,,PUNCT_12 spotspunct
1177NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 spotsnummod
12spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur9 ageconj
13meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 tellparataxis
1477NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card15 yearsnummod
15yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur13 meansobj
16..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentMy friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2tell speech: assertpresentladybird spotsyouvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3meanpresentfriend's age and 7 spotsyearvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Right?

punctrootRightINTJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RightrightINTJ_rootroot
2??PUNCT_1 Rightpunct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, the number of spots shows which kind of ladybird it is

discoursepunctdetnsubjcasenmoddetobjcasenmodnsubjcoprootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETnumberNOUNofADPspotsNOUNshowsVERBwhichDETkindNOUNofADPladybirdNOUNitPRONisAUX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg7 showsdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 numberdet
4numbernumberNOUNNumber=Sing7 showsnsubj
5ofofADP_6 spotscase
6spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur4 numbernmod
7showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8whichwhichDETPronType=Int9 kinddet
9kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing7 showsobj
10ofofADP_11 ladybirdcase
11ladybirdladybirdNOUNNumber=Sing9 kindnmod
12ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 kindnsubj
13isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 kindcop
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentthe number of spotsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apresentnumberwhich kindof ladybirdtree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, one spot grows each year

discoursepunctnummodnsubjdetobl:unmarkedrootYesINTJ,PUNCToneNUMspotNOUNgrowsVERBeachDETyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 growsdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 spotnummod
4spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing5 growsnsubj
5growsgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6eacheachDETPronType=Tot7 yeardet
7yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing5 growsobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpresentone spotyearvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only for red ones

discoursepunctccadvmodcaseamodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVforADPredADJonesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 onesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3butbutCCONJ_7 onescc
4onlyonlyADV_7 onesadvmod
5forforADP_7 onescase
6redredADJDegree=Pos7 onesamod
7onesoneNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot

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

Option 4

No, the spots show how many eggs it laid over the summer, one for each egg

The tree, 16 words
discoursepunctdetnsubjadvmodamodobjnsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctccompcasedetnmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETspotsNOUNshowVERBhowADVmanyADJeggsNOUNitPRONlaidVERBoverADPtheDETsummerNOUN,PUNCToneNUMforADPeachDETeggNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 showdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 spotsdet
4spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur5 shownsubj
5showshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6howhowADVPronType=Int7 manyadvmod
7manymanyADJDegree=Pos8 eggsamod
8eggseggNOUNNumber=Plur5 showobj
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 laidnsubj
10laidlayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 showparataxis
11overoverADP_13 summercase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 summerdet
13summersummerNOUNNumber=Sing10 laidobl
14,,PUNCT_15 onepunct
15oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 showccomp
16forforADP_18 eggcase
17eacheachDETPronType=Tot18 eggdet
18eggeggNOUNNumber=Sing15 onenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentthe spotsmany eggsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent egg=Recipient
2laypastitsummervn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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