Test 5 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed
In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles. What does a real silkworm do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: silkworm · What happens: knit, do · To what, where: jumper, real silkworm do
This is test 5 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a silkworm knits a jumper with knitting needles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knits | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 silkworm | det |
| 5 | silkworm | silkworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knits | nsubj |
| 6 | knits | knit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 jumper | det |
| 8 | jumper | jumper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knits | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 needles | case |
| 10 | knitting | knitting | NOUN | _ | 11 needles | compound |
| 11 | needles | needle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 jumper | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 knits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knit | present | a silkworm | a jumper | with knitting needles; in a cartoon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent jumper=Patient in cartoon=Topic |
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.
Sentence 2: What does a real silkworm do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 do | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 do | amod |
| 5 | silkworm | silkworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | compound |
| 6 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | a real silkworm do | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spins one long thread round itself to make a cocoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spins | spin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 thread | nummod |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thread | amod |
| 4 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spins | appos |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 6 itself | case |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 4 thread | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 make | mark |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Spins | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cocoon | det |
| 10 | cocoon | cocoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | a cocoon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cocoon=Product |
Option 2
Weaves cloth for people on a tiny loom of leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weaves | weave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cloth | compound |
| 2 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cloth | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 loom | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 loom | det |
| 7 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 loom | amod |
| 8 | loom | loom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 people | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 leaves | case |
| 10 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 loom | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Spins webs to catch flies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spins | spin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 webs | compound |
| 2 | webs | web | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 catch | mark |
| 4 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 webs | acl |
| 5 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | to-infinitive | flies | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |
Option 4
Knits silk with its front legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knits | knit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 silk | compound |
| 2 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 legs | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 legs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legs | amod |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 silk | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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