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Test 3 · ★ · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…

In a cartoon, a beetle rolls a dung ball round in circles and gets dizzy. What does a real dung beetle try to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: beetle, real dung beetle · What happens: roll, get, try, do · To what, where: dung ball, cartoon

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a beetle rolls a dung ball round in circles and gets dizzy.

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	7 rolls	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beetle	det
6	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rolls	nsubj
7	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ball	det
9	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ball	compound
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rolls	obj
11	round	round	ADV	_	7 rolls	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 circles	case
13	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rolls	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gets	cc
15	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rolls	conj
16	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 gets	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rolls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	a beetle	a dung ball		a cartoon		in circles; round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in cartoon=Source in circle=Trajectory
2	get	present	a beetle not said here					dizzy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 does a real dung beetle try to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 try	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 try	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beetle	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beetle	amod
5	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beetle	compound
6	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 try	nsubj
7	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 try	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · do-support	a real dung beetle						tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	a real dung beetle not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Roll it round in circles to make the ball rounder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Roll	obj
3	round	round	ADV	_	1 Roll	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 circles	case
5	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Roll	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Roll	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rounder	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rounder	compound
10	rounder	rounder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	imperative	you not said here	it		circles		round property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in circle=Trajectory
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	the ball rounder					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rounder=Product

Option 2

Roll it back to the pile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Roll	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Roll	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 pile	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pile	det
6	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll back	imperative	you not said here	it		the pile			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme to pile=Trajectory

Option 3

Roll it up the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Roll	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Roll	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Roll	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll up	imperative	you not said here	it					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent it=Theme tree=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Roll it in a straight line away from the pile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Roll	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 line	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 line	det
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 line	amod
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Roll	obl
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Roll	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 pile	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pile	det
10	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	imperative	you not said here	it		a straight line		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in line=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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