Test 2 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop…

my cousin says the monarchs in Mexico remember the trees from last year. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, monarchs · What happens: say, remember · To what, where: trees · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monarchs	det
5	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remember	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Mexico	case
7	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 monarchs	nmod
8	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trees	det
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remember	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 year	amod
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remember	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	remember	present	the monarchs in Mexico	the trees			year		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tree=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the ones arriving have never been there before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ones	det
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 there	nsubj
5	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 ones	acl
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 there	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 there	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 there	cop
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
10	before	before	ADV	_	9 there	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund	the ones not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	present · perfect	the ones					before, there property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, they come back every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	present	they				year		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, their mothers come with them and show them the way to the trees

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mothers	nmod:poss
4	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 show	cc
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 come	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 show	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 trees	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trees	det
15	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	their mothers					with them = they	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	infinitive	their mothers not said here	mothers = mother				to the trees	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient way=Topic

Option 4

No, monarchs never go to Mexico

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Mexico	case
7	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	monarchs			Mexico			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mexico=Initial_Location

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