Test 5 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

«why's the grandma in charge, the big bull's way stronger» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: grandma, charge

This is test 5 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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	_	14 stronger	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 grandma	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grandma	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grandma	det
5	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stronger	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grandma	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 way	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bull	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bull	amod
11	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 way	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 bull	case
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stronger	obl:unmarked
14	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 stronger	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stronger	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 stronger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the grandma		charge			tree rules
2	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 · ← Mova's choice

The bull is too lazy to lead, so he lets the grandma do all the work

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lazy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 lazy	advmod
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lead	mark
7	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lazy	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lets	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 lets	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lets	nsubj
11	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grandma	det
13	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lets	obj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lets	xcomp
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 work	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 work	det
17	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the bull		lazy property	tree rules
2	lead	to-infinitive	the bull not said here			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	let	present	bull	the grandma		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Theme

Option 2

The keepers make her the leader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keepers	det
2	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leader	det
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the keepers	the leader	her = she				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary leader=Product

Option 3

Grandmothers are the fastest runners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 runners	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 runners	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 runners	det
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 runners	amod
5	runners	runner	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Grandmothers	the fastest runners					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She remembers where water and food are and what is dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 remembers	ccomp
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 where	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 food	cc
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dangerous	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 dangerous	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remembers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	remember	present	She		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	water and food	where property	tree rules
3	is	present		dangerous property	tree rules

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