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Test 8 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

«elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» What does the zoo do with it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo · What happens: do

This is test 8 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

Sentence 1: «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 rubbish	punct
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poo	compound
3	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rubbish	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 poo	case
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 rubbish	advmod
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rubbish	punct
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 rubbish	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 rubbish	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 rubbish	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: What does the zoo do with it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 zoo	det
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 do	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	the zoo					with rubbish	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Tips it into the sea in big lorries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tips	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tips	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tips	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lorries	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lorries	amod
8	lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tips	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	present		it				into the sea result; in big lorries	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into sea=Result

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

Turns it into compost for gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Turns	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 compost	case
4	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 gardens	case
6	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 compost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present		it		compost for gardens			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into compost=Trajectory

Option 3

Burns it to heat the elephant house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Burns	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 heat	mark
4	heat	heat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Burns	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	compound
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present		it					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	heat	to-infinitive		the elephant house					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Option 4

Gives it back to the elephants to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gives	iobj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Gives	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 elephants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 back	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 eat	mark
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 back	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present			it				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient back=Theme
2	eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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