Test 6 · Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodli…

«only cockroaches would survive a nuclear war, everyone knows» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cockroaches, everyone · What happens: survive, know, be · To what, where: nuclear war · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 survive	punct
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 cockroaches	advmod
3	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 survive	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 survive	aux
5	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 war	det
7	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 war	amod
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 survive	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 survive	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 knows	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 survive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	survive in a quote	would	cockroaches	a nuclear war		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme war=Circumstance
2	know in a quote	present	everyone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present			right property	tree rules

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

They take more radiation than people, but other insects take more and many would die

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 radiation	amod
4	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 insects	amod
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	nsubj
11	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 take	parataxis
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 take	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 die	cc
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 die	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 die	aux
16	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 take	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present	They	more radiation	than people	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent radiation=Theme
2	take	present	other insects	more		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
3	die	would	many			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

True, cockroaches cannot be hurt by anything, not even fire, poison or being stepped on

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cockroaches	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hurt	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 anything	case
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 hurt	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fire	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 fire	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 fire	advmod
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anything	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 poison	punct
15	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anything	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 stepped	cc
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 stepped	aux:pass
18	stepped	step	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hurt	conj
19	on	on	ADP	_	18 stepped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	can · passive		True cockroaches				by anything	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	step on	gerund · passive							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»

Option 3

True, they are made of metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 metal	case
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		they				of metal	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

False, cockroaches die from any light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cockroaches	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 light	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	False cockroaches			any light			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from light=Causer

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