Test 3 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants
In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole. Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: giant jungle plant, you · What happens: swallow, put · To what, where: explorer, cartoon
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 61 «Carnivorous and strange plants» 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swallows | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 plant | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 plant | amod |
| 6 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 plant | compound |
| 7 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swallows | nsubj |
| 8 | swallows | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 explorer | det |
| 10 | explorer | explorer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swallows | obj |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 swallows | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 swallows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | present | a giant jungle plant | the explorer | a cartoon | whole property | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explorer=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | explorer | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No plant can eat a person; the biggest catch insects and rarely more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 plant | det |
| 2 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 insects | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 insects | det |
| 9 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 insects | amod |
| 10 | catch | catch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 insects | compound |
| 11 | insects | insect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 insects | cc |
| 13 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 14 more | advmod |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | can | no plant | a person | tree rules |
Option 2
Only the corpse flower can do that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 flower | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 flower | det |
| 3 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flower | compound |
| 4 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | the corpse flower | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 3
Real ones swallow only children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ones | amod |
| 2 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 swallow | nsubj |
| 3 | swallow | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 children | advmod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 swallow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | present | Real ones | children | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
Option 4
That is true of the plants in the Amazon, they eat a few explorers a year
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 plants | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plants | det |
| 6 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Amazon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Amazon | det |
| 9 | Amazon | Amazon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 plants | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 eat | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 eat | nsubj |
| 12 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 explorers | det |
| 14 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 explorers | amod |
| 15 | explorers | explorer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 eat | obj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 year | det |
| 17 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 eat | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | of the plants in the Amazon; true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | plants = plant | a few explorers | year | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explorer=Patient |
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