Test 6 · ★★ · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore

«dead jellyfish thing on the beach, gonna poke it with my finger» What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jellyfish thing · What happens: poke, be · To what, where: thing, best advice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	_	4 thing	punct
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jellyfish	amod
3	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thing	compound
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 advice	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 poke	punct
9	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	10 poke	dep
10	poke	poke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 thing	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 poke	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 finger	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 finger	nmod:poss
14	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poke	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 poke	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 poke	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 advice	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 advice	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 advice	amod
20	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 advice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke in a quote	infinitive		thing				with my finger	tree rules
2	is a	present	jellyfish thing on the beach	the best advice					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

Fine, dead ones can't sting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sting	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sting	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sting	advmod
7	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sting	can	Fine dead ones						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Don't: a Portuguese man o' war can sting even when dead; tell a lifeguard

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 sting	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sting	nsubj
7	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 war	case
8	'	's	PART	_	9 war	punct
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nmod
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 sting	aux
11	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 dead	advmod
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 dead	advmod
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sting	advcl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 tell	punct
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sting	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lifeguard	det
18	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	can · infinitive · do-support	a Portuguese man of war						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	a Portuguese man of war not said here	a lifeguard					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient

Option 3

Pick it up and throw it back in the sea, where it can come back to life and swim away

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 throw	cc
5	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 throw	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 throw	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 come	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 come	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 come	aux
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 throw	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 life	case
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 swim	cc
20	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	it			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	throw back	infinitive	you not said here	it	the sea		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sea=Destination
3	come back	can	sea		life		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial_Location
4	swim away	present	you not said here			away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Fine, just rinse your finger in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rinse	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 rinse	advmod
4	rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 finger	nmod:poss
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinse	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	imperative	you not said here	your finger		the sea			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent finger=Source

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