Test 8 · ★★ · China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji…

What could have been done 30 years earlier to save the baiji?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, save · To what, where: baiji

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 done	obj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 done	aux:pass
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 earlier	obl:unmarked
8	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 done	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 save	mark
10	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 baiji	det
12	baiji	baiji	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 save	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	could · perfect · passive						early property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality
2	save	to-infinitive		the baiji					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baiji=Theme

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

Limit nets, electric fishing and boat noise and protect its river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nets	compound
2	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fishing	punct
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fishing	amod
5	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nets	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 noise	cc
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 noise	compound
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nets	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 protect	cc
10	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nets	conj
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 river	nmod:poss
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	infinitive		noise's river					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Beneficiary

Option 2

Paint the river blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Paint	obj
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Paint	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	imperative	you not said here	the river				blue property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent river=Destination

Option 3

Move all the last baiji far away to the salty Black Sea, where boats are fewer

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 baiji	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baiji	det
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 baiji	amod
5	baiji	baiji	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Move	obj
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Move	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 Sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sea	det
10	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Sea	amod
11	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sea	compound
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Move	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fewer	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 fewer	advmod
15	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fewer	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fewer	cop
17	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 Sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	imperative	you not said here	all last baiji				to the salty Black Sea result; away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent baiji=Theme to sea=Result
2	is	present	boats					few property	tree rules

Option 4

Teach it to see in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Teach	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Teach	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	imperative	you not said here		it				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			the dark			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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