Test 6 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast
Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish. What does that teach?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fleming, that · What happens: notice, come back, teach · To what, where: mould, holiday
This is test 6 of lesson 62 «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» 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: Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleming | Fleming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 noticed | advmod |
| 3 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mould | det |
| 5 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 noticed | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 noticed | advcl |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 holiday | case |
| 11 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 dish | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 dish | det |
| 14 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 dish | amod |
| 15 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 noticed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | Fleming | the mould | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mould=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come back | past | Fleming | holiday | to a messy dish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from holiday=Initial_Location to dish=Destination |
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 does that teach?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 teach | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 teach | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 teach | nsubj |
| 4 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 teach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present · do-support | that | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Careful scientists look at surprises instead of throwing them away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 scientists | amod |
| 2 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | nsubj |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 surprises | case |
| 5 | surprises | surprise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | obl |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 throwing | mark |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 instead | fixed |
| 8 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 look | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 throwing | obj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 throwing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Careful scientists | at surprises | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at surprise=Theme | ||||
| 2 | throw away | gerund | Careful scientists not said here | scientists = scientist | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2
Mould only grows when people are away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advmod |
| 3 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 away | mark |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 away | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 away | cop |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Mould | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | people | away property | tree rules |
Option 3
Holidays make bacteria die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Holidays | bacteria | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | die | infinitive | bacteria not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
Messy labs always find medicines, so you should never clean up at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 labs | amod |
| 2 | labs | lab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 find | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 find | advmod |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 find | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 clean | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 clean | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 clean | nsubj |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 clean | aux |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 clean | advmod |
| 11 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 find | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 clean | compound:prt |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 clean | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | Messy labs | medicines | always property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Topic | |||
| 2 | not clean up | should | you | all | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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