Test 3 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

«why doesn't the bloody croc just eat it, it's right there» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: croc, best answer · What happens: do, eat, be · To what, where: bloody croc, croc · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 42 «The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?» 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	_	2 why	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 why	advcl
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 croc	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 croc	det
6	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 croc	amod
7	croc	croc	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obl
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 eat	advmod
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 there	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 there	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 there	cop
14	right	right	ADV	_	15 there	advmod
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 eat	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 there	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 eat	parataxis
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 answer	amod
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present		the bloody croc		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat in a quote	present		croc		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	croc		right, there property	tree rules
4	is a	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 · ✓ the right answer

The adult is big, the croc is not that hungry, and it would dash into the water

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 big	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 big	cop
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hungry	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 croc	det
7	croc	croc	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hungry	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hungry	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hungry	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 hungry	mark
11	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 big	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dash	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 dash	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dash	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 dash	aux
16	dash	dash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 big	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the adult		big property	tree rules
2	not is	present	the croc		hungry property	tree rules
3	dash	would	croc	the water		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination

Option 2

Caimans cannot open their mouths wide enough for anything bigger than a fish, mate

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caimans	caiman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 open	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 open	advmod
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouths	nmod:poss
6	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 open	obj
7	wide	wide	ADV	_	4 open	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 open	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 anything	case
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 open	obl
11	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 anything	amod
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 fish	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fish	det
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bigger	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	can	Caimans	Caimans's mouths				for anything; enough, wide property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme

Option 3

Capybaras taste of soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Capybaras	capybara	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 taste	nsubj
2	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 soap	case
4	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taste	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	Capybaras					of soap	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Crocodiles are not allowed to eat rodents, it's against their own rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	rodents	rodent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rules	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rules	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rules	cop
11	against	against	ADP	_	14 rules	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 rules	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rules	amod
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Crocodiles		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Crocodiles not said here	rodents		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rodent=Patient
3	is	present	it		against Crocodiles's own rules	tree rules

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