Test 5 · ★★ · China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji…
«the porpoise isn't even caught, so why would a fishing ban help it» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fishing ban · What happens: not catch, help, be · To what, where: porpoise
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 379 «China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji, Chinese alligators and sturgeon» 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 | _ | 7 caught | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 porpoise | det |
| 3 | porpoise | porpoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 caught | advmod |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 caught | advmod |
| 7 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 right | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 help | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 help | advmod |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 help | advmod |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 help | aux |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 ban | det |
| 13 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ban | compound |
| 14 | ban | ban | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 help | nsubj |
| 15 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 caught | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 help | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 caught | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch in a quote | present · passive | the porpoise | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help in a quote | would | a fishing ban | porpoise | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ||||
| 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
Porpoises eat fishing nets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porpoises | porpoise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nets | compound |
| 4 | nets | net | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Porpoises | fishing nets | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
More fish in the river means more food, and fewer nets to tangle in
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 fish | amod |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 means | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fish | nmod |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 food | amod |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nets | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 nets | cc |
| 11 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 nets | amod |
| 12 | nets | net | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 means | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 tangle | mark |
| 14 | tangle | tangle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 nets | acl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 tangle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | More fish in the river | more food | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tangle | to-infinitive | More fish in the river not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
It would not help at all, because nets and fishing boats never hurt porpoises
The tree, 14 words
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 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 help | advmod |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 help | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hurt | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 hurt | mark |
| 9 | nets | net | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 boats | cc |
| 11 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 boats | compound |
| 12 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 nets | conj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 hurt | advmod |
| 14 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | parataxis |
| 15 | porpoises | porpoise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not help | would | It | all | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not hurt | past · passive | nets and fishing boats | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer porpoise=Result |
Option 4
The ban makes porpoises grow fins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ban | det |
| 2 | ban | ban | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | porpoises | porpoise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | fins | fin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the ban | porpoises | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | infinitive | porpoises not said here | fins | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fin=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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