Test 10 · ★ · Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters

«a whole field of wheat feeds more people than the same field feeding cows, why» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole field · What happens: feed, be · To what, where: more people

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» 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	_	7 feeds	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 field	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 field	amod
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeds	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wheat	case
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 field	nmod
7	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feeds	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	15 cows	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cows	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cows	amod
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cows	compound
14	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cows	compound
15	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feeds	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 why	punct
17	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 cows	acl:relcl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 feeds	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feeds	advcl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 feeds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed in a quote	present	a whole field of wheat		more people			than the same field feeding cows	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	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 · ✓ the right answer

Energy is lost at each step, so eating plants directly wastes less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 step	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 step	det
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wastes	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 wastes	advmod
9	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 wastes	csubj
10	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eating	obj
11	directly	directly	ADV	_	12 wastes	advmod
12	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	parataxis
13	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 wastes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Energy	at each step	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund		plants		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient
3	waste	present	eating		directly, less property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Wheat has more energy than any meat ever could, so it fills you up more

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 energy	amod
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 meat	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 meat	det
7	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 energy	nmod
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 could	advmod
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 meat	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fills	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 fills	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fills	nsubj
13	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 fills	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 fills	compound:prt
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 fills	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Wheat	more energy				than any meat	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient
2	fill up	present	Wheat	you					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cows eat less than people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	5 people	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	3 less	fixed
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Cows	people					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Option 4

Cows make energy from sunlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 sunlight	case
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cows	energy		sunlight			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent energy=Product from sunlight=Material

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