Test 5 · How animals defend themselves

Why should you never try to make a pufferfish puff up just to see it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not try, make, puff up, see · To what, where: pufferfish

This is test 5 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 try	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 try	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 try	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 try	advmod
5	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 puff	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pufferfish	det
9	pufferfish	pufferfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	puff	puff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 puff	compound:prt
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 see	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 see	mark
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 puff	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 puff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not try	should	you		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a pufferfish	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pufferfish=Product
3	puff up	present			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
4	see	to-infinitive		pufferfish	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

It costs the aquarium money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 costs	nsubj
2	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
4	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	compound
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	It	the aquarium money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Puffing up is stressful and tiring for the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puffing	puff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stressful	csubj
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Puffing	compound:prt
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stressful	cop
4	stressful	stressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tiring	cc
6	tiring	tiring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stressful	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 fish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stressful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	puff up	gerund			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	is	present	Puffing	for the fish; stressful property	tree rules
3	be		Puffing not said here		tree rules

Option 3

It will explode

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 explode	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 explode	aux
3	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	future	It						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It will chase you out of the water and bite your toes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chase	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	aux
3	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 chase	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 water	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chase	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bite	cc
10	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 toes	nmod:poss
12	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	future	It	you		the water			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out water=Trajectory
2	bite	present		your toes					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient

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