Test 10 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of always in one bowl?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: keeper · What happens: hide · To what, where: meat, different places

This is test 10 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hide	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hide	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 keeper	det
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	nsubj
5	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 places	case
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 places	amod
9	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	obl
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl:unmarked
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	17 bowl	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 bowl	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 bowl	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 bowl	nummod
17	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	would	a keeper	meat		different places	day	instead one bowl	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent meat=Patient in place=Location

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

So the visitors cannot see the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 visitors	det
3	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	the visitors	the food					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

Option 2

So the lion eats less meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 eats	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lion	det
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	nsubj
4	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 meat	amod
6	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	the lion	less meat					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient

Option 3

It makes the meat taste better and fresher after a day in the grass

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 taste	det
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taste	compound
5	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fresher	cc
8	fresher	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 better	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the meat taste		the grass	day	good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material taste=Product

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

It gives the cat something to search for and cuts down pacing

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	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 something	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	compound
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 gives	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 search	mark
7	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	7 search	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cuts	cc
10	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gives	conj
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 cuts	compound:prt
12	pacing	pacing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cuts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present	It	something	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	search	to-infinitive		something not said here	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	cut down	present		pacing	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pacing=Product

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