Test 9 · Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, t…

A scallop has no head. Why might it still need eyes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: scallop · What happens: have, need · To what, where: head, eyes

This is test 9 of lesson 41 «Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, teeth» 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: A scallop has no head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scallop	det
2	scallop	scallop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a scallop	no head					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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: Why might it still need eyes?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 need	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 need	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	might	scallop	eyes			still		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

To see a starfish's shadow and swim away by clapping its shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 swim	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 starfish	det
4	starfish	starfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shadow	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 starfish	case
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swim	cc
8	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 swim	advmod
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 clapping	mark
11	clapping	clap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 swim	advcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 shell	nmod:poss
13	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clapping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive		a starfish's shadow		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shadow=Stimulus
2	swim away	present			away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clap	gerund		shadow's shell		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shell=Theme
4	shadow		a starfish			nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To read the numbers on the tags at the fishmonger's shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 read	mark
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 numbers	det
4	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 tags	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tags	det
7	tags	tag	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	12 shop	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fishmonger	det
10	fishmonger	fishmonger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shop	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 fishmonger	case
12	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	to-infinitive		the numbers		the tags		at the fishmonger's shop	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent number=Theme at shop=Value

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It does not need them, they are only there for decoration

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	4 need	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 need	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 there	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 there	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 there	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 there	advmod
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 need	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 decoration	case
12	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 there	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	It	them = they					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	is	present	they					for decoration; there property	tree rules

Option 4

To find its way back home to the head it once had

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	6 home	advmod
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 find	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 had	advmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 head	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		its way				to the head; home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	have	past	way	the head not said here				once property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

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