Test 1 · ★★ · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore

«finding nemo: dad raises nemo alone, so that's what clownfish do» Which is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, that, clownfish · What happens: find, raise, be, do · To what, where: nemo

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore» 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	_	2 finding	punct
2	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	nemo	nemo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 finding	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 raises	punct
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raises	nsubj
6	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 finding	conj
7	nemo	nemo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raises	obj
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 raises	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 what	mark
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 what	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	cop
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 raises	parataxis
14	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 do	nsubj
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
17	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 closer	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 closer	cop
19	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 what	acl:relcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 truth	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 truth	det
22	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 closer	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 finding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	gerund		nemo		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nemo=Topic
2	raise in a quote	present	dad	nemo	alone property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nemo=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	that			tree rules
4	do in a quote	present	clownfish			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	present			to the truth; close 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

Clownfish mums never die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mums	compound
2	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 die	advmod
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not die	present	Clownfish mums						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Clownfish babies raise themselves in the anemone from day one, without any parents at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raise	nsubj
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raise	nsubj
3	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 raise	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 anemone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 anemone	det
7	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raise	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 day	case
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raise	obl
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 day	flat
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 parents	punct
12	without	without	ADP	_	14 parents	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 parents	det
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raise	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 parents	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present	Clownfish	babies = baby		the anemone	day	without any parents at all	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in anemone=Destination

Option 3

Clownfish dads always raise babies alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dads	compound
2	dads	dad	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 raise	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 raise	advmod
4	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 raise	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 raise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present	Clownfish dads	babies				alone, always property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

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

When the female dies the biggest male turns female, so Marlin would become the mum

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 dies	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 female	det
3	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dies	nsubj
4	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 become	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 male	det
6	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 male	amod
7	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	nsubj
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dies	ccomp
9	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 turns	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 become	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 become	advmod
12	Marlin	Marlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 become	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 become	aux
14	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mum	det
16	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	present	the female			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	turn	present	the biggest male		female property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	become	would	Marlin	the mum		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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