Test 4 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds

«ostrich got scared and stuck its head in the sand lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ostrich · What happens: get, be

This is test 4 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	_	3 got	punct
2	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stuck	cc
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 scared	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 got	discourse
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	ostrich					scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						right property	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

True, but only the males, to protect their eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 males	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 males	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 males	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 males	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 males	det
6	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 protect	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 protect	mark
9	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 males	acl:relcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eggs	nmod:poss
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		males's eggs					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Beneficiary

Option 2

A myth: they actually hide their heads up in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myth	det
2	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hide	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hide	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 hide	advmod
6	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 myth	parataxis
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heads	nmod:poss
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hide	obj
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 hide	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 trees	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide up	present	they	their heads		the trees		actually property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Patient in tree=Location

Option 3

True, they do it whenever they are scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 do	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scared	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	obj
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 scared	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scared	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scared	cop
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	they	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	is	present	they					scared, whenever property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A myth: ostriches lay their heads flat on the ground to hide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myth	det
2	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 lay	punct
4	ostriches	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	nsubj
5	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 myth	parataxis
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 heads	nmod:poss
7	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	obj
8	flat	flat	ADV	_	5 lay	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lay	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hide	mark
13	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	ostriches	ostriches's heads		the ground		flat property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on ground=Destination
2	hide	to-infinitive	ostriches not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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