Test 6 · ★★★ · Trees

Why would one oak tree be home for over 2000 kinds of living things?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: one oak tree · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Trees» 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	7 home	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 home	aux
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 tree	nummod
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 home	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 home	cop
7	home	home	ADV	_	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 kinds	case
9	over	over	ADV	_	10 2000	advmod
10	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 kinds	nummod
11	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 home	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 things	case
13	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kinds	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 home	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	one oak tree					for 2000 kinds of living things; home property	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

All 2000 kinds eat only acorns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 kinds	det
2	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 kinds	nummod
3	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 acorns	advmod
6	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	all 2000 kinds	acorns					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Patient

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

It is big, lives for centuries and offers leaves, bark, acorns and holes

The tree, 13 words

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 big	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	cop
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lives	punct
5	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 centuries	case
7	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lives	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 offers	cc
9	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lives	conj
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 offers	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bark	punct
12	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaves	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 acorns	punct
14	acorns	acorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leaves	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 holes	cc
16	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leaves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			big property	tree rules
2	live	present			century		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	offer	present		leaves and bark and acorns and holes			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme

Option 3

Oaks give out a sweet smell that pulls in animals from miles around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oaks	oak	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	nsubj
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smell	det
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smell	amod
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 pulls	nsubj
8	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 smell	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 animals	case
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulls	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 miles	case
12	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulls	obl
13	around	around	ADV	_	8 pulls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	present	Oaks	a sweet smell					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent smell=Theme
2	pull	present	a sweet smell					in animals; from miles; around property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from mile=Co-Patient

Option 4

Animals are not allowed in other trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trees	amod
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Animals		other trees			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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