Test 7 · ★★ · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore

«ugh this limpet's stuck, gimme a knife to get it off» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: gimme, get off, be · To what, where: knife, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	_	6 stuck	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	6 stuck	discourse
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 limpet	det
4	limpet	limpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 limpet	case
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gimme	punct
8	gimme	gimme	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 stuck	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 knife	det
10	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gimme	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 answer	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	off	off	ADP	_	12 get	compound:prt
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 answer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gimme	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	gimme in a quote	infinitive	a knife	tree rules
2	get off in a quote	to-infinitive	knife	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	be speech: assert	present	the best answer	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 · ✓ the right answer

Leave it: it clamps to stay alive and returns to its own spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 clamps	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clamps	nsubj
5	clamps	clamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	parataxis
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 clamps	xcomp
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 returns	cc
10	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clamps	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 spot	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 spot	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spot	amod
14	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	clamp	present	it			tree rules
3	stay	to-infinitive			alive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	return	present			to its own spot result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to spot=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pull harder, it is only a stone stuck to another stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Pull	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stone	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stone	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stone	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 stone	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obl
9	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stone	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 stone	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here		hard property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a stone		tree rules
3	stick	participle		a stone not said here	to another stone	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to stone=Co-Patient

Option 3

Use a knife, they don't feel anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 feel	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feel	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 feel	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 feel	advmod
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	conj
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
2	not feel	present · do-support	they	anything					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 4

Tap it, it always lets go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tap	tap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tap	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lets	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lets	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 lets	advmod
6	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tap	parataxis
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tap	imperative	you not said here	it		vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location
2	let	present	it		always property	tree rules
3	go	infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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