Test 5 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

In a cartoon, a giant moth flies into a wardrobe and chews a jumper with big teeth. What is really eating the jumper?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: giant moth · What happens: fly, chew, eat · To what, where: cartoon, jumper

This is test 5 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» 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 giant moth flies into a wardrobe and chews a jumper with big teeth.

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	8 flies	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 moth	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moth	amod
7	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flies	nsubj
8	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 wardrobe	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wardrobe	det
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flies	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chews	cc
13	chews	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 flies	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 jumper	det
15	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chews	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 teeth	case
17	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 teeth	amod
18	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 jumper	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 flies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	a giant moth			a cartoon		into a wardrobe	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	chew	present	a giant moth not said here	a jumper				with big teeth	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Patient

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 is really eating the jumper?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 eating	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eating	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 eating	advmod
4	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jumper	det
6	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eating	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 eating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · progressive		the jumper					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Tiny moth caterpillars, because grown-up moths do not eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caterpillars	amod
2	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caterpillars	compound
3	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 eat	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 moths	punct
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 moths	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 moths	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound:prt
9	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caterpillars	conj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 eat	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 eat	advmod
12	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not eat	present · do-support	Tiny moth caterpillars and grown moths						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nothing, jumpers get holes alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 jumpers	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Nothing jumpers	holes				alone property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hole=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Grown-up moths, which have small sharp teeth hidden under their furry heads

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 moths	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 up	punct
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Grown	compound:prt
4	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teeth	amod
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teeth	amod
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 teeth	acl
12	under	under	ADP	_	15 heads	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 heads	nmod:poss
14	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 heads	amod
15	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	Grown moths	small sharp teeth		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
3	hide	participle		small sharp teeth not said here	moths's furry heads	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under head=Location

Option 4

Mice hiding in the sleeves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Mice	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sleeves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sleeves	det
5	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund	Mice not said here			the sleeves			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sleeve=Location

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