Test 1 · ★ · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…

«my rabbit's eating his own poo, he's broken, take him to the vet» What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbit, best reply · What happens: eat, break, take, be · To what, where: own poo, rabbit, vet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 rabbit	nmod:poss
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	aux
5	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 broken	csubj:pass
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 poo	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poo	amod
8	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 broken	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 broken	aux:pass
12	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 take	punct
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 broken	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 take	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 vet	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 vet	det
18	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 broken	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 broken	parataxis
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 What	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 reply	det
23	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 reply	amod
24	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 What	nsubj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	eat in a quote	present · progressive	my rabbit	rabbit's own poo		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poo=Patient
2	break in a quote	present · passive		rabbit		tree rules
3	take in a quote	infinitive		rabbit	the vet	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to vet=Destination
4	is a	present	the best reply			tree rules

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

Yes, healthy rabbits never do that, so he must be very ill and needs the vet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rabbits	amod
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	advcl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 do	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ill	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 ill	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ill	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 ill	cop
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 ill	advmod
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 needs	cc
16	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 vet	det
18	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not do	present	healthy rabbits	that		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
2	is	must	he		ill property	tree rules
3	need	present	he not said here	the vet		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme

Option 2

He is cleaning his cage for you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cleaning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cleaning	aux
3	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cage	nmod:poss
5	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaning	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 cleaning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present · progressive	He	his cage				for you	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cage=Patient for you=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is normal: rabbits eat their soft droppings to get more goodness from grass

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
5	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	parataxis
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 droppings	nmod:poss
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 droppings	amod
9	droppings	dropping	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 eat	advcl
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 goodness	amod
13	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 grass	case
15	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			normal property	tree rules
2	eat	present	rabbits	rabbits's soft droppings			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=Patient
3	get	to-infinitive	rabbits not said here	more goodness	grass		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent goodness=Theme from grass=Source

Option 4

He is just very hungry, feed him chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 hungry	advmod
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 hungry	advmod
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feed	punct
7	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feed	iobj
9	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					hungry property	tree rules
2	feed	present	He not said here	chocolate	him = he				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chocolate=Theme

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