Test 7 · ★★ · Migration: the great journeys

oi why's that goose at the back of the V and not leading?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 's · What happens: goose, not lead · To what, where: back

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	2 why	nsubj
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
3	's	'	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 why	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 goose	nsubj
5	goose	goose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 's	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goose	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 V	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 V	det
11	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 leading	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 leading	advmod
14	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 V	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	goose	present	's			the back of the V			tree rules
2	not lead	gerund	's not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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

It's lost and following anyone

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 lost	nsubj:pass
2	's	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 following	cc
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lost	conj
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund		anyone					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme

Option 2

Back geese are the babies who are being punished for being slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 geese	amod
2	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 babies	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 babies	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 babies	det
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 punished	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 punished	aux:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 punished	aux:pass
9	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 babies	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 slow	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 slow	cop
12	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Back geese	the babies		tree rules
2	punish	present · passive		the babies		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is	gerund			slow property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They take turns at the front because it's the hardest place

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	2 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 place	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 place	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 place	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 place	det
11	hardest	hard	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 place	amod
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	They	turns		the front			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at front=Asset
2	is a	present	front	the hardest place					tree rules

Option 4

The leader is always the oldest and never changes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leader	det
2	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oldest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 oldest	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 oldest	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oldest	det
6	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 changes	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 changes	advmod
9	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 oldest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the leader					always, old property	tree rules
2	not change	present	the leader not said here						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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