Test 7 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

«mate stuck his finger in a reef hole to see what's in there» What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: stick, see, be · To what, where: finger, reef hole, best advice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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 stuck	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	nsubj
3	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 advice	csubj
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 finger	nmod:poss
5	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hole	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hole	det
8	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hole	compound
9	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stuck	advcl
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 there	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 there	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 there	case
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 see	ccomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stuck	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 advice	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 advice	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 advice	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 advice	amod
21	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 advice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stick in a quote	past	mate	mate's finger	a reef hole		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme in hole=Destination
2	see in a quote	to-infinitive	mate not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present				there property	tree rules
4	is a	present		the best advice			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

Never do that: a mantis shrimp or other animal could strike hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 do	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 strike	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shrimp	det
6	mantis	mantis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shrimp	compound
7	shrimp	shrimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 strike	nsubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 animal	cc
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 animal	amod
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shrimp	conj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 strike	aux
12	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 do	conj
13	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 strike	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	imperative	you not said here	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
2	strike	could	a mantis shrimp or other animal					hard property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Fine, reef holes are always empty, nothing ever lives in them, mate

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 holes	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holes	compound
4	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 empty	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 empty	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 empty	advmod
7	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lives	punct
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 lives	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 lives	advmod
11	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 empty	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lives	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 empty	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine reef holes					always, empty property	tree rules
2	live	present	nothing				ever	in holes = hole	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Location

Option 3

Fine, mantis shrimps are too slow to hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shrimps	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	mantis	mantis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrimps	compound
4	shrimps	shrimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 slow	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 slow	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 slow	advmod
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hit	mark
9	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 slow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine mantis shrimps					slow property	tree rules
2	hit	to-infinitive	Fine mantis shrimps not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only do it with your thumb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 do	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 thumb	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 thumb	nmod:poss
6	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it				with your thumb	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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