Test 9 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum. Why the rush?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: queue · What happens: wait, sniff · To what, where: titan arum

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 queue	det
2	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
5	botanic	botanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 garden	amod
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 queue	nmod
7	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 waits	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sniff	mark
10	sniff	sniff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 waits	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 arum	det
12	titan	titan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arum	compound
13	arum	arum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sniff	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 waits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	a queue at the botanic garden				hour		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sniff	to-infinitive	a queue at the botanic garden not said here	a titan arum					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arum=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: Why the rush?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rush	det
3	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

It is only allowed to be seen once a year by law, on a special open day

The tree, 17 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	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 seen	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 seen	aux:pass
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 allowed	xcomp
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 seen	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 once	obl:unmarked
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 law	case
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 day	punct
14	on	on	ADP	_	18 day	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 day	det
16	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 day	amod
17	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 day	amod
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		It			day		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	law					once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It smells of roses only on Sundays

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	2 smells	nsubj
2	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 roses	case
4	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smells	obl
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 Sundays	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Sundays	case
7	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	It				sunday	of roses	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of rose=Theme

Option 3

It opens every morning all year round

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	2 opens	nsubj
2	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 morning	det
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obl:unmarked
7	round	round	ADV	_	2 opens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	It				morning; year	round property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It opens for only a day or two and may not bloom again for years

The tree, 15 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	2 opens	nsubj
2	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 day	case
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 day	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 two	cc
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 day	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bloom	cc
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 bloom	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 bloom	advmod
12	bloom	bloom	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 opens	conj
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 bloom	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 years	case
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bloom	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	It				day		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not bloom	may					again; year		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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