Test 6 · ★★ · Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents
A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year. What could change for the babies?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crocodile nest · What happens: be, change · To what, where: sunny warm spot
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A crocodile nest is in a sunny, very warm spot this year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 nest | det |
| 2 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nest | compound |
| 3 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spot | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 spot | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 spot | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spot | det |
| 7 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spot | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sunny | punct |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 warm | advmod |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spot | amod |
| 11 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 year | det |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spot | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 spot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a crocodile nest | a sunny warm spot | year | 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.
Sentence 2: What could change for the babies?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 change | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 babies | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 babies | det |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | could | for the babies | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme for baby=Co-Theme |
The options
Option 1
They will hatch with longer teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hatch | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hatch | aux |
| 3 | hatch | hatch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 5 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 teeth | amod |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hatch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hatch | future | They | with longer teeth | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
They will all be twins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 twins | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 twins | aux |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 twins | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 twins | cop |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | future | They | twins | all property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
More may become one sex than the other, as warmth decides it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 become | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | aux |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 sex | nummod |
| 5 | sex | sex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 become | xcomp |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 other | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 other | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sex | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 decides | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 decides | mark |
| 11 | warmth | warmth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 decides | nsubj |
| 12 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 decides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | may | More | one sex than the other | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | decide | present | warmth | sex | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, warmth does not matter at all once the eggs have been laid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 warmth | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | warmth | warmth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 matter | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 matter | advmod |
| 6 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 matter | obl |
| 9 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 14 laid | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 eggs | det |
| 11 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 laid | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 laid | aux:pass |
| 14 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 matter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Nothing warmth | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lay | present · perfect · passive | the eggs | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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