Test 12 · ★★ · Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents
«human babies are just useless lol» What is the honest science?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: human babies · What happens: be · To what, where: honest science
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents» 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 | _ | 6 useless | punct |
| 2 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 babies | amod |
| 3 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 useless | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 useless | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 useless | advmod |
| 6 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 useless | discourse |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 useless | punct |
| 9 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 science | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 science | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 science | det |
| 12 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 science | amod |
| 13 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 useless | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 useless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | human babies | useless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the honest science | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Human babies are among the most helpless and need parents for years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 babies | amod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 helpless | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 helpless | cop |
| 4 | among | among | ADP | _ | 7 helpless | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 helpless | det |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 helpless | advmod |
| 7 | helpless | helpless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 need | cc |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 helpless | conj |
| 10 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 need | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 years | case |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Human babies | helpless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | Human babies not said here | parents | year | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot parent=Theme |
Option 2
Human babies grow up faster than any other animal on the whole planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 babies | amod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grow | compound:prt |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 grow | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 animal | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 animal | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 animal | amod |
| 9 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faster | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 planet | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 planet | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 planet | amod |
| 13 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | present | Human babies | the whole planet | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on planet=Location |
Option 3
Human babies need no care at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 babies | amod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 care | det |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Human babies | no care | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
Option 4
Human babies can walk within an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 babies | amod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 walk | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 walk | aux |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 hour | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hour | det |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | can | Human babies | hour | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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