Test 3 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…
A plain pale mushroom under an oak tastes fine and nobody feels ill for hours. Why is this the worst kind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: plain pale mushroom, nobody, this · What happens: taste, feel, be
This is test 3 of lesson 393 «Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets» 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 plain pale mushroom under an oak tastes fine and nobody feels ill for hours.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mushroom | det |
| 2 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mushroom | amod |
| 3 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mushroom | amod |
| 4 | mushroom | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tastes | nsubj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 oak | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 oak | det |
| 7 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mushroom | nmod |
| 8 | tastes | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tastes | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 feels | cc |
| 11 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 feels | nsubj |
| 12 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tastes | conj |
| 13 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 feels | xcomp |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 hours | case |
| 15 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 feels | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 tastes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taste | present | a plain pale mushroom under a oak | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | nobody | hour | ill property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 is this the worst kind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 5 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 kind | amod |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Slow poisons wash out by themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 poisons | amod |
| 2 | poisons | poison | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wash | nsubj |
| 3 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 wash | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 themselves | case |
| 6 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 wash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash out | present | Slow poisons | by poisons = poison | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Mild-tasting mushrooms are always safe, so nothing bad can be happening at all
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mild | mild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mushrooms | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mild | punct |
| 3 | tasting | tasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mushrooms | compound |
| 4 | mushrooms | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 safe | advmod |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 happening | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 happening | advmod |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 14 happening | nsubj |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nothing | amod |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 happening | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 happening | aux |
| 14 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 safe | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 all | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 happening | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mild tasting mushrooms | always, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | can · progressive | nothing | all | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 3
A late illness is always a weak one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 illness | det |
| 2 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 illness | amod |
| 3 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 one | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 one | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a late illness | a weak one | always property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
By the time illness starts, the poison has already harmed the liver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 4 illness | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 illness | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 illness | compound |
| 4 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | obl |
| 5 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 harmed | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 poison | det |
| 8 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 harmed | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 harmed | aux |
| 10 | already | already | ADV | _ | 11 harmed | advmod |
| 11 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 starts | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 liver | det |
| 13 | liver | liver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 harmed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | by the time illness | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | harm | present · perfect | the poison | the liver | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus liver=Experiencer |
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