Test 8 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-…

«why would a takin need such a big nose, lol it looks dumb» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: takin · What happens: need, look, be · To what, where: big nose, reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 need	advmod
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 takin	det
5	takin	takin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 nose	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nose	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nose	amod
10	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 looks	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 looks	discourse
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 looks	nsubj
14	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	parataxis
15	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 looks	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 looks	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 reason	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 reason	det
20	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 looks	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need in a quote	would	a takin	such big nose		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nose=Theme
2	look in a quote	present	takin		dumb property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the reason		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

It is for smelling bamboo far away

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 smelling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 smelling	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 smelling	case
4	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smelling	obj
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 smelling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					away, smell property	tree rules

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

It warms the cold mountain air before it reaches the lungs

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	2 warms	nsubj
2	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	compound
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warms	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 reaches	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reaches	nsubj
9	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warms	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lungs	det
11	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present	It	the cold mountain air					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient
2	reach	present	air	the lungs					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent lung=Theme

Option 3

It stores water for dry days

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	2 stores	nsubj
2	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	It	water			day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 4

It helps it swim

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	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	it					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	swim	infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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