Test 8 · ★ · The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark

«sea's massive, a few plastic bags won't do anything» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea, few plastic bags · What happens: be, not do · To what, where: anything, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» 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	_	4 massive	punct
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 massive	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 massive	cop
4	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bags	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bags	amod
8	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bags	amod
9	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 do	advmod
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 answer	parataxis
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 do	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
15	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 massive	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 massive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	sea		massive property	tree rules
2	not do in a quote	future	a few plastic bags	anything		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
3	be speech: assert	present		the best answer		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

Plastic sinks to the bottom of the sea and never harms anything that lives down there

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	nsubj
2	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 bottom	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bottom	det
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bottom	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 harms	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 harms	advmod
11	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sinks	conj
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 harms	obj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lives	nsubj
14	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 anything	acl:relcl
15	down	down	ADV	_	14 lives	advmod
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 lives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Plastic			to the bottom of the sea	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	not harm	present	Plastic not said here	anything			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anything=Experiencer
3	live down	present			there	down property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Turtles eat bags like jellyfish, and microplastics are found everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 jellyfish	case
5	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bags	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 found	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 found	cc
8	microplastics	microplastic	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 found	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 eat	conj
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Turtles	bags				like jellyfish	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient
2	find	present · passive		microplastics				everywhere property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Fish eat plastic and grow bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eat	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grow	cc
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 eat	conj
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Fish	plastic					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plastic=Patient
2	grow	infinitive	Fish not said here					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Plastic melts in seawater in a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	Plastic			seawater	day		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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