Test 8 · ★★★ · Trees

in that cartoon the trees are lonely and don't talk at all. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: trees · What happens: be, not talk · To what, where: cartoon, all

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lonely	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lonely	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lonely	cop
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 talk	cc
9	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 talk	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 talk	advmod
11	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lonely	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 talk	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lonely	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lonely	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lonely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the trees	that cartoon	lonely property	tree rules
2	not talk	infinitive · do-support	the trees not said here	all		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	be		the trees not said here			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

Trees chat using sounds we can't hear, and it has all been proven by scientists

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chat	nsubj
2	chat	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 chat	advcl
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 using	obj
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hear	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hear	advmod
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sounds	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 proven	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 proven	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 proven	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 proven	aux
13	all	all	ADV	_	15 proven	advmod
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 proven	aux:pass
15	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chat	advcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 scientists	case
17	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 proven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chat speech: other	present	Trees			vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	gerund	Trees not said here	sounds		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient
3	not hear	can	we	sounds not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
4	prove	present · perfect · passive	scientists	it	all property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

Roots are linked by fungi that trade water and food, though how much is argued

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 linked	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 linked	aux:pass
3	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 fungi	case
5	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 linked	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 trade	nsubj
7	trade	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fungi	acl:relcl
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trade	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 food	cc
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 water	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 argued	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 argued	mark
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 argued	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 argued	aux:pass
16	argued	argue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 linked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	link	present · passive	fungi	Roots	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	trade	present	fungi	water and food	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	argue speech: disagree	present · passive		much	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Trees send messages through their leaves to the clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	nsubj
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 leaves	nmod:poss
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 clouds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clouds	det
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	Trees	messages		Trees's leaves		to the clouds	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to cloud=Destination

Option 4

Yes, trees have no links at all with anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 links	det
6	links	link	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 links	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 anything	case
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	trees	no links		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Patient

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