Test 1 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

«tardigrades are literally indestructible, you could nuke one» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tardigrades, you · What happens: be, nuke · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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	_	5 indestructible	punct
2	tardigrades	tardigrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 indestructible	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indestructible	cop
4	literally	literally	ADV	_	5 indestructible	advmod
5	indestructible	indestructible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nuke	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 nuke	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 nuke	aux
9	nuke	nuke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 indestructible	parataxis
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 nuke	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 nuke	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nuke	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 indestructible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	tardigrades		indestructible, literally property	tree rules
2	nuke in a quote	could	you	one		tree rules
3	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

No, they die in a single day of sunshine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 die	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 die	nsubj
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 die	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sunshine	case
10	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	they				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they live forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	they					forever property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Only dried tuns are very tough, and even they can die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 dried	advmod
2	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tuns	amod
3	tuns	tun	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tough	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tough	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 tough	advmod
6	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 die	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 die	cc
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 die	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 die	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 die	aux
12	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tough	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	dry	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	dried tuns	tough property	tree rules
3	die	can	tuns = tun		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Yes, nothing can ever kill a tardigrade, not even the Sun itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 kill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 kill	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kill	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 kill	advmod
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tardigrade	det
8	tardigrade	tardigrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Sun	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 Sun	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 Sun	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sun	det
13	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obl
14	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	13 Sun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	can	nothing	a tardigrade			ever	the Sun Sun obl	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tardigrade=Theme

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