Test 10 · How animals defend themselves

What would be the weak point in a ring of musk oxen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: weak point, ring

This is test 10 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 point	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 point	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 point	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 point	det
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 point	amod
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ring	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ring	det
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 oxen	case
11	musk	musk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 oxen	compound
12	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ring	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 point	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would		the weak point		a ring of musk oxen			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

There is no weak point at all, the ring is perfect and wolves always give up

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 point	det
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 point	amod
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 point	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 perfect	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ring	det
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perfect	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 perfect	cop
12	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 is	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 give	cc
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 give	nsubj
15	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 give	advmod
16	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 perfect	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 give	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	no weak point at all	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the ring		perfect property	tree rules
3	give up	present	wolves		always property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The middle, where the strongest stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stand	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 stand	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stand	det
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 stand	amod
7	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Any gap, or an ox that panics and runs, letting wolves in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 gap	det
2	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 runs	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ox	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 ox	cc
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ox	det
6	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gap	appos
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 panics	nsubj
8	panics	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ox	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 panics	cc
10	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 letting	punct
12	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 runs	advcl
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 letting	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	12 letting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	panic	present	a ox		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	run	present	any gap		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let in	gerund	any gap not said here	wolves	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme

Option 4

The horns, which are soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horns	det
2	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 soft	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 which	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 horns	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soft	cop
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the horns					soft property	tree rules

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