Test 8 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves

Why might many butterflies choose nettles for their caterpillars?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: many butterflies · What happens: choose · To what, where: nettles

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 57 «Roots, stems and leaves» 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 choose	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 choose	aux
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 butterflies	amod
4	butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choose	nsubj
5	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choose	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 caterpillars	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 caterpillars	nmod:poss
9	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nettles	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 choose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	might	many butterflies	nettles				for butterflies's caterpillars	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent nettle=Theme for caterpillar=Beneficiary

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

Nettles taste much sweeter than any of the other leaves in the hedge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 taste	nsubj
2	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	much	much	ADV	_	4 sweeter	advmod
4	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 taste	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 any	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sweeter	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leaves	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 any	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hedge	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hedge	det
13	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taste	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	Nettles			the hedge		sweet property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Butterflies cannot see any other plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 plants	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plants	amod
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Butterflies	any other plants					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plant=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Few animals eat nettles, so the caterpillars are safer there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safer	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 safer	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 caterpillars	det
8	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 safer	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safer	cop
10	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 eat	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 safer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Few animals	nettles					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nettle=Patient
2	is	present	the caterpillars			there		safe property	tree rules

Option 4

The sting makes caterpillars strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sting	det
2	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the sting	caterpillars				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset caterpillar=Product

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