Test 11 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep…

Why would light be so useful in the deep sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: light · What happens: be · To what, where: deep sea

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 useful	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 useful	aux
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 useful	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 useful	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 useful	advmod
6	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sea	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 useful	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 useful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	light			the deep sea		useful 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

No sunlight reaches there, so it is the only way to be seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 sunlight	det
2	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reaches	nsubj
3	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 reaches	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 way	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 way	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 way	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
10	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reaches	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	14 seen	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	reach	present	no sunlight		there	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	sunlight	the only way		tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive · passive	no sunlight not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

Option 2

It frightens away the sunlight

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	2 frightens	nsubj
2	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 frightens	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sunlight	det
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frightens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten away	present	It	the sunlight				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sunlight=Experiencer

Option 3

It warms the freezing 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	2 warms	nsubj
2	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present	It	the freezing water					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

It makes green plants grow all over the dark sea floor

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plants	amod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp
6	all	all	ADV	_	11 floor	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	11 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 floor	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 floor	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 floor	compound
11	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It			the dark sea floor			tree rules
2	grow	present	green plants						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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