Test 10 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…

Why might a diver with a bubbling mask film fewer fish than a diver with a no-bubble machine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: bubble

This is test 10 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 diver	det
4	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 might	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 film	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 film	det
7	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 film	amod
8	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 film	compound
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diver	nmod
10	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 fish	amod
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 film	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 diver	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 diver	det
14	diver	diver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fish	nmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	20 machine	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 machine	det
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 bubble	det
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 no	punct
19	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 machine	compound
20	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 diver	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bubble	gerund							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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

Bubbles and noise scare many fish away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scare	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 noise	cc
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bubbles	conj
4	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fish	amod
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scare	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 scare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare away	present	Bubbles and noise	many fish				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer

Option 2

Fish are drawn only to quiet divers' torches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 torches	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 torches	case
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 divers	amod
7	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 torches	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 divers	case
9	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		Fish		quiet divers's torches			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to torch=Destination

Option 3

Bubbles make the water dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Bubbles	the water				dark property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 4

Bubbles hide the camera lens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hide	nsubj
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lens	det
4	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lens	compound
5	lens	lens	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Bubbles	the camera lens					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lens=Patient

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