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Test 3 · ★★★ · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't. Why might that be?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: keeper, other keepers, that · What happens: keep, get, squirt, not do, be

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish» 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: A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 keeper	det
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 aquarium	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aquarium	det
5	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeper	nmod
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keeps	xcomp
8	squirted	squirt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 getting	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirted	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 octopus	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 octopus	nummod
13	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirted	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 do	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 do	cc
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 keepers	amod
17	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 do	nsubj
18	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keeps	parataxis
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 do	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a keeper at a aquarium						tree rules
2	get	gerund	a keeper at a aquarium not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	squirt	participle	a keeper at a aquarium not said here					with water; by one octopus	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by octopus=Destination
4	not do	present	other keepers						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Why might that be?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 be	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 be	nsubj
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	might	that						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The keeper smells of crab

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeper	det
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smells	nsubj
3	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 crab	case
5	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	the keeper					of crab	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of crab=Theme

Option 2

Octopuses squirt every keeper the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 squirt	nsubj
2	squirt	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 keeper	det
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squirt	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 squirt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirt	present	Octopuses	every keeper					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Octopuses remember people and may squirt ones they dislike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remember	nsubj
2	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remember	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 squirt	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 squirt	aux
6	squirt	squirt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 remember	conj
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squirt	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dislike	nsubj
9	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Octopuses	people					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	squirt	may	Octopuses not said here	ones					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	dislike	present	Octopuses = octopus	ones not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The octopus is blind and simply squirts at anyone who comes near it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 octopus	det
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blind	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blind	cop
4	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 squirts	cc
6	simply	simply	ADV	_	7 squirts	advmod
7	squirts	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blind	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 anyone	case
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 squirts	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 anyone	acl:relcl
12	near	near	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the octopus					blind property	tree rules
2	squirt	present	the octopus not said here			anyone		simply property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at anyone=Destination
3	come	present				octopus			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Location

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