Test 11 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds

«why do the meerkat guards scream different noises» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: meerkat guards · What happens: do, scream, be · To what, where: different noises, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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	_	7 scream	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 do	advmod
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scream	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guards	det
5	meerkat	meerkat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guards	compound
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scream	nsubj
7	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 noises	amod
9	noises	noise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scream	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 scream	punct
11	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 answer	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 answer	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 answer	det
14	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 answer	amod
15	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scream	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 scream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	the meerkat guards not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scream speech: express in a quote	present	the meerkat guards	different noises	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic
3	be speech: assert	present		the best answer	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 · ✓ the right answer

Different calls warn of danger from the air or from the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 calls	amod
2	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	nsubj
3	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 danger	case
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 ground	cc
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ground	det
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 air	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	Different calls			the air or the ground		of danger	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of danger=Topic

Option 2

They are singing to pass the time on guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 singing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 singing	aux
3	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pass	mark
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 singing	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 guard	case
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present · progressive	They						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pass	to-infinitive	They not said here			guard	time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on guard=Location

Option 3

They are calling the lions to come and eat the scorpions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 calling	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calling	aux
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lions	det
5	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calling	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 calling	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 scorpions	det
11	scorpions	scorpion	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	call	present · progressive	They		the lions	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient
2	come	to-infinitive	They not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	eat	infinitive	They not said here	the scorpions		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scorpion=Patient

Option 4

Each guard has only one call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 call	nummod
6	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each guard	one call					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Patient

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