Test 8 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast
In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion. Why do real ones glow?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: glowing mushroom, real ones · What happens: glow, be · To what, where: magic potion, video game
This is test 8 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: In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 potion | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mushroom | det |
| 6 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 mushroom | amod |
| 7 | mushroom | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 potion | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 potion | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 potion | det |
| 10 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 potion | amod |
| 11 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 potion | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a glowing mushroom | a magic potion | a video game | 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.
Sentence 2: Why do real ones glow?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 do | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 glow | aux |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ones | amod |
| 4 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 glow | nsubj |
| 5 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 glow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present · do-support | real ones | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
They are full of magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 full | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 full | cop |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 magic | case |
| 5 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | of magic; full property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A chemical reaction inside makes light, called bioluminescence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reaction | det |
| 2 | chemical | chemical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reaction | amod |
| 3 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 makes | advmod |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 called | punct |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 light | acl |
| 9 | bioluminescence | bioluminescence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a chemical reaction | light | inside property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product | |||
| 2 | call | participle | light not said here | bioluminescence | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They are covered in lightning bugs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 covered | aux:pass |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bugs | case |
| 5 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bugs | compound |
| 6 | bugs | bug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present · passive | They | in lightning bugs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in bug=Theme |
Option 4
They store up the sunlight from the day and let it out slowly at night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 store | nsubj |
| 2 | store | store | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 store | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sunlight | det |
| 5 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 store | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 store | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 let | cc |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 store | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 let | compound:prt |
| 13 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 let | advmod |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 night | case |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store up | present | They | the sunlight | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme | |||
| 2 | let out | infinitive | They not said here | sunlight | night | slowly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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