Test 5 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

«there's loads of axolotls in pet shops so they're not endangered» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: loads · What happens: be, not be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	_	3 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 's	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 axolotls	case
6	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loads	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shops	case
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shops	compound
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 axolotls	nmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 endangered	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 endangered	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 endangered	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 endangered	advmod
14	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 right	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 endangered	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 's	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	does in a quote	present	loads of axolotls in pet shops	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is in a quote	present	loads = load		endangered property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Right, they are the commonest animal in Mexico

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 animal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
6	commonest	common	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Mexico	case
9	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	the commonest animal		Mexico			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pets are common, but wild ones in Xochimilco are critically endangered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 common	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 endangered	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 endangered	cc
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 endangered	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Xochimilco	case
9	Xochimilco	Xochimilco	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ones	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 endangered	cop
11	critically	critically	ADV	_	12 endangered	advmod
12	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 common	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pets					common property	tree rules
2	is	present	wild ones in Xochimilco					critically, endangered property	tree rules

Option 3

Right, wild ones are everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 everywhere	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 everywhere	cop
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Right wild ones					everywhere property	tree rules

Option 4

Wrong, there are no axolotls in pet shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 are	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 are	expl
4	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 axolotls	det
6	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 are	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shops	case
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shops	compound
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 axolotls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	no axolotls in pet shops			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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