Test 10 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-…

Why would an artist paint a crane to wish someone a long life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: artist paint · What happens: wish · To what, where: someone

This is test 10 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 wish	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 wish	aux
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 paint	det
4	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paint	compound
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wish	nsubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crane	det
7	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wish	nsubj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wish	mark
9	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 wish	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 life	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 life	amod
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wish	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	would	a artist paint	someone					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

In China and Japan the crane stands for long life and luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 China	case
2	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stands	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Japan	cc
4	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 China	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crane	det
6	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stands	nsubj
7	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stands	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 luck	cc
12	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 life	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the crane			China and Japan		for long life and luck	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in china=Location

Option 2

Cranes live for 1,000 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 years	case
4	1,000	1000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 years	nummod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Cranes				year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Cranes paint themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paint	nsubj
2	paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 paint	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present	Cranes	Cranes = crane					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Destination

Option 4

Cranes eat the medicine plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plants	det
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plants	compound
5	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Cranes	the medicine plants					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient

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