Test 10 · Seeds and fruit and how they travel
What do both the ant and the violet get from their deal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ant · What happens: be, get, deal · To what, where: deal
This is test 10 of lesson 59 «Seeds and fruit and how they travel» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 5 ant | cc:preconj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ant | det |
| 5 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 violet | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 violet | det |
| 8 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ant | conj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 deal | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 deal | nmod:poss |
| 12 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the ant and the violet | ant's deal | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from deal=Destination | ||||
| 3 | deal | ant | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The ant gets food, and the violet gets its seed carried to rich soil
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ant | det |
| 2 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gets | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 violet | det |
| 8 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gets | conj |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 seed | nmod:poss |
| 11 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obj |
| 12 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 seed | acl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 soil | case |
| 14 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 soil | amod |
| 15 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the ant | food | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the violet | violet's seed | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | carry | participle | violet's seed not said here | rich soil | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to soil=Destination |
Option 2
Only the violet gets anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 violet | det |
| 3 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the violet | anything | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
Option 3
The ant gets a home and the violet gets water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ant | det |
| 2 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 home | det |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 violet | det |
| 8 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gets | conj |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the ant | a home | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the violet | water | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
Option 4
Only the ant gets anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ant | det |
| 3 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the ant | anything | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
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