Test 2 · ★★★ · Tiny champions: the strongest beetle, the highest-jumping…

In a monster film, a giant ant the size of a bus chases a city. What would really happen to an ant that big?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: giant ant · What happens: chase, happen · To what, where: city, monster film

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 365 «Tiny champions: the strongest beetle, the highest-jumping flea and the leggiest millipede» 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: In a monster film, a giant ant the size of a bus chases a city.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 film	det
3	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 film	compound
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chases	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 film	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ant	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ant	amod
8	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chases	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 size	det
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ant	nmod:unmarked
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 bus	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bus	det
13	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ant	nmod
14	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 city	det
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chases	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 chases	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	a giant ant the size of a bus	a city		a monster film			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent city=Theme in film=Trajectory

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: What would really happen to an ant that big?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ant	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ant	det
7	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 big	nsubj
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ant	amod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to a ant	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It could lift 50 buses at once, because ants get stronger as they get bigger

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lift	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	aux
3	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 buses	nummod
5	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lift	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 lift	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 get	mark
10	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	conj
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 get	xcomp
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 get	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 get	nsubj
15	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	advcl
16	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lift	could	It	50 buses		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bus=Theme at once=Destination
2	get	present	ants		strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	get	present	ants = ant		big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its legs could hardly hold up its huge weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 legs	nmod:poss
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	aux
4	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	5 hold	advmod
5	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 hold	compound:prt
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 weight	nmod:poss
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 weight	amod
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	could	Its legs	its huge weight				hardly property	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weight=Theme

Option 3

It would be even faster than now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 be	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 be	aux
3	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 faster	advmod
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 be	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 now	case
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	would	It					fast property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It could jump over skyscrapers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jump	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 jump	aux
3	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 skyscrapers	case
5	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	could	It			skyscrapers			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over skyscraper=Trajectory

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