Test 7 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

In a game, you feed your Venus flytrap a cheeseburger to make it grow fast. What would really happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cheeseburger · What happens: feed, make, grow, happen · To what, where: Venus flytrap, game, cheeseburger

This is test 7 · ★ 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 game, you feed your Venus flytrap a cheeseburger to make it grow fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 feed	nsubj
6	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 flytrap	nmod:poss
8	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 flytrap	compound
9	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cheeseburger	det
11	cheeseburger	cheeseburger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 feed	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 make	xcomp
16	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 grow	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	feed	present	you	your Venus flytrap	a game		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent flytrap=Recipient cheeseburger=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	cheeseburger			tree rules
3	grow	infinitive	cheeseburger not said here			fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What would really happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It would grow a big flower shaped like a burger, with a bun and a slice of cheese

The tree, 18 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 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 flower	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flower	amod
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obj
7	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 flower	acl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 burger	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 burger	det
10	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shaped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bun	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 bun	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bun	det
14	bun	bun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 slice	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 slice	det
17	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bun	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 cheese	case
19	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 slice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	would	It	a big flower	with a bun and a slice of cheese	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent flower=Patient with bun=Instrument
2	shape	participle		a big flower not said here	like a burger	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	slice			cheese		nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It would turn into a pitcher plant

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 turn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 plant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plant	det
6	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plant	compound
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	It			a pitcher plant			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plant=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The trap would likely rot, because it digests only small insects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rot	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rot	aux
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 rot	advmod
5	rot	rot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 digests	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 digests	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 digests	nsubj
9	digests	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rot	parataxis
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 insects	advmod
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 insects	amod
12	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 digests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rot	would	the trap					likely property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	digest	present	trap	small insects					tree rules

Option 4

It would grow huge and strong

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 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grow	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 strong	cc
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 huge	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	It					huge property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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