Test 4 · ★★ · Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad
In a cartoon, a germ is a green monster as big as a football that you can punch. Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: germ, football, you · What happens: be, punch, put · To what, where: green monster, cartoon, germ
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» 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 germ is a green monster as big as a football that you can punch.
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 | 10 monster | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 germ | det |
| 6 | germ | germ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 monster | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 monster | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 monster | det |
| 9 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 monster | amod |
| 10 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | as | as | ADV | _ | 12 big | advmod |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 monster | amod |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 football | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 football | det |
| 15 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 big | obl |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 punch | nsubj |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 punch | nsubj |
| 18 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 punch | aux |
| 19 | punch | punch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 football | acl:relcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 monster | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a germ | a green monster | a cartoon | tree rules | |||
| 2 | punch | can | a football | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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 | germ | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Germs are visible as a cloud of green smoke when you sneeze
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 visible | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 visible | cop |
| 3 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 cloud | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cloud | det |
| 6 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 visible | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 smoke | case |
| 8 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 smoke | amod |
| 9 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cloud | nmod |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 sneeze | advmod |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 sneeze | nsubj |
| 12 | sneeze | sneeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 visible | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Germs | as a cloud of green smoke; visible property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sneeze | present | you | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | cloud | green smoke | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real germs are far too small to see without a microscope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 germs | amod |
| 2 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 small | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 small | advmod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 small | advmod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 small | advcl |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 microscope | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 microscope | det |
| 11 | microscope | microscope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real germs | far, small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Real germs not said here | without a microscope | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Germs are as big as cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 big | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 big | cop |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 big | advmod |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 cats | case |
| 6 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 big | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Germs | as cats; big property | tree rules |
Option 4
Germs can be caught with a net
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 caught | aux:pass |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 net | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 net | det |
| 7 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | can · passive | Germs | with a net | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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