Test 5 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank

«coral's just pretty rocks, right» What is right?

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

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» 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 rocks	punct
2	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rocks	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rocks	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 rocks	advmod
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rocks	amod
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
8	right	right	ADV	_	12 right	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 right	punct
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rocks	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 rocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	coral	pretty rocks					tree rules
2	is	present	pretty rocks					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 made of tiny animals that build stone skeletons

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 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 animals	case
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 build	nsubj
8	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animals	acl:relcl
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skeletons	compound
10	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				of tiny animals	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	build	present	tiny animals	stone skeletons					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skeleton=Product

Option 2

It is dead fish bones

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	5 bones	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bones	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bones	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bones	compound
5	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	dead fish bones					tree rules

Option 3

It is a kind of seaweed that grows on rocks in warm water

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	4 kind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kind	det
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 seaweed	case
6	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 grows	nsubj
8	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	acl:relcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 rocks	case
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grows	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a kind				of seaweed	tree rules
2	grow	present	a kind			rocks		in warm water	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location

Option 4

Yes, it is just coloured stone that grows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 stone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stone	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stone	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 stone	advmod
6	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stone	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 grows	nsubj
9	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	coloured stone					tree rules
2	grow	present	coloured stone						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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