Test 5 · ★ · Evolution simply: why living things change over many gener…
«doc said finish all the antibiotics but I feel fine, sod it» Why finish the course?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doc · What happens: say, finish, feel, sod · To what, where: antibiotics, doc, course · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 73 «Evolution simply: why living things change over many generations» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | doc | doc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 antibiotics | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 antibiotics | det |
| 7 | antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 finish | obj |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 feel | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 feel | nsubj |
| 10 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 finish | conj |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feel | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sod | punct |
| 13 | sod | sod | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 finish | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sod | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 sod | punct |
| 16 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 finish | advmod |
| 17 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 finish | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 course | det |
| 19 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 finish | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | doc | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | finish in a quote | infinitive | all antibiotics | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality antibiotic=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | feel in a quote | present | doc | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | sod in a quote | infinitive | doc | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | |||||
| 5 | finish | infinitive | the course | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality course=Eventuality |
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.
The options
Option 1
It doesn't matter, bacteria cannot change
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 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 change | punct |
| 6 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 change | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 change | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 change | advmod |
| 9 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not change | can | bacteria | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Antibiotics only start working properly on the very last day of the course
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antibiotics | antibiotic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 start | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 start | advmod |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 start | xcomp |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 working | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 last | advmod |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 working | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 course | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 course | det |
| 13 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Antibiotics | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | Antibiotics not said here | day | properly property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stopping early can leave the toughest bacteria alive to multiply
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stopping | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Stopping | advmod |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 leave | aux |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bacteria | det |
| 6 | toughest | tough | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 bacteria | amod |
| 7 | bacteria | bacteria | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 leave | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 multiply | mark |
| 10 | multiply | multiply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 alive | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund | early property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | leave | can | the toughest bacteria | alive property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Theme | ||||
| 3 | multiply | to-infinitive | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The last pills taste best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pills | det |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pills | amod |
| 3 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 taste | nsubj |
| 4 | taste | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 taste | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taste | present | the last pills | best | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme good=Attribute |
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