Test 9 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop…
In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up. What would you correct?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: glow worm, wiggly worm, you · What happens: be, light up, correct · To what, where: wiggly worm, game
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a game, a glow-worm is a wiggly worm that lights up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 worm | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 worm | det |
| 6 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worm | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 glow | punct |
| 8 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 worm | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 worm | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 worm | det |
| 11 | wiggly | wiggly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 worm | amod |
| 12 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 lights | nsubj |
| 14 | lights | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 worm | acl:relcl |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 lights | compound:prt |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 worm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a glow worm | a wiggly worm | a game | tree rules | |||
| 2 | light up | present | a wiggly worm | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: 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: What would you correct?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 correct | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 4 | correct | correct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 correct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | would | you | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
It is a snake that glows
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 | 4 snake | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 snake | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 snake | det |
| 4 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 glows | nsubj |
| 6 | glows | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 snake | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a snake | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | glow | present | a snake | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only male glow-worms glow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 worms | advmod |
| 2 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 worms | amod |
| 3 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worms | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 glow | punct |
| 5 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 glow | nsubj |
| 6 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | male glow worms | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A glow-worm is a beetle, and the glowing one is the wingless female
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 worm | det |
| 2 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worm | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 glow | punct |
| 4 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beetle | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 beetle | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beetle | det |
| 7 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 female | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 female | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 11 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 one | amod |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 female | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 female | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 female | det |
| 15 | wingless | wingless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 female | amod |
| 16 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beetle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a glow worm | a beetle and the wingless female | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | the glowing one | the wingless female | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a worm that lights up with electricity
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 | 4 worm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worm | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 worm | det |
| 4 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 lights | nsubj |
| 6 | lights | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worm | acl:relcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 lights | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 electricity | case |
| 9 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lights | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a worm | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | light up | present | a worm | with electricity | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with electricity=Material |
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