Test 8 · ★★ · The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises a…

«komodo had babies with no dad?? fake news» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: komodo · What happens: have, be · To what, where: babies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 88 «The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises and crocodiles» 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	_	3 had	punct
2	komodo	komodo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 right	csubj
4	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 dad	det
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	10 news	punct
9	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 news	amod
10	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	komodo	babies				with no dad; fake news obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient
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 right answer

It is true; some zoo females laid eggs that hatched with no male

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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 eggs	punct
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 females	det
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 females	compound
7	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eggs	nsubj
8	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 eggs	amod
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	parataxis
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hatched	nsubj
11	hatched	hatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eggs	acl:relcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 male	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 male	det
14	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	true property	tree rules
2	lay	participle			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	egg		some zoo females		tree rules
4	hatch	past	laid eggs	with no male	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The father was hiding in the enclosure all along, behind the rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 enclosure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enclosure	det
7	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	obl
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 along	advmod
9	along	along	ADV	_	4 hiding	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rocks	punct
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 rocks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rocks	det
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	the father			the enclosure		behind the rocks; along property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in enclosure=Location

Option 3

It is fake; all reptiles need a father

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	3 fake	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fake	cop
3	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 reptiles	det
6	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fake	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					fake property	tree rules
2	need	present	all reptiles	a father					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot father=Theme

Option 4

The keepers swapped the eggs

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 swapped	nsubj
3	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	the keepers	the eggs					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

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