Test 7 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

«it's only one plastic bag, the sea's massive, who cares» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, care · To what, where: one plastic bag

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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	_	7 bag	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bag	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bag	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 bag	nummod
6	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 massive	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 massive	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 sea	case
12	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cares	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 cares	nsubj
15	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 massive	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 cares	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cares	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 bag	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	one plastic bag		tree rules
2	care in a quote	present				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present			right property	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.

The options

Option 1

One bag can't reach the sea from a beach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 bag	nummod
2	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 reach	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 reach	advmod
5	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	can	One bag	the sea		a beach			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sea=Theme from beach=Source

Option 2

Plastic dissolves in the sea within a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	nsubj
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	Plastic			the sea	day		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Turtles never eat anything that floats on top of the water, only things on the sea bed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 eat	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 floats	nsubj
6	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anything	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floats	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 things	punct
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 things	advmod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 bed	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bed	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bed	compound
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	present	Turtles	anything		the sea bed		things obl	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2	float	present				top of the water			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory

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

A turtle can mistake it for a jellyfish, and plastic can make it starve

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 turtle	det
2	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	aux
4	mistake	mistake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mistake	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 jellyfish	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jellyfish	det
8	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
11	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mistake	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	starve	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mistake	can	a turtle	it	for a jellyfish	tree rules
2	make	can	plastic	turtle		tree rules
3	starve	infinitive	turtle not said here			tree rules

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