Test 7 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep…

In a cartoon a sea star wears glasses and reads books in its brain. What is true of a real sea star?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea star · What happens: wear, read, be · To what, where: glasses, cartoon, books, brain

This is test 7 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a sea star wears glasses and reads books in its brain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wears	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 star	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 star	compound
6	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wears	nsubj
7	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wears	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reads	cc
10	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wears	conj
11	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reads	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 brain	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brain	nmod:poss
14	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reads	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	a sea star	glasses		a cartoon			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source
2	read	present	a sea star not said here	books		star's brain			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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.

Sentence 2: What is true of a real sea star?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 star	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 star	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 star	amod
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 star	compound
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of a real sea star; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It has two eyes and a big brain

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 eyes	nummod
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 brain	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brain	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brain	amod
8	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	two eyes and a big brain					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It has no brain and has an eye spot at each arm tip

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 brain	det
4	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 has	cc
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spot	det
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spot	compound
9	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 tip	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 tip	det
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tip	compound
13	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no brain					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient
2	have	present		a eye spot		each arm tip			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient

Option 3

It has a little brain in each arm but no eyes at all

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 brain	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brain	amod
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 arm	det
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brain	nmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 eyes	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 eyes	det
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 brain	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 eyes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a little brain but no eyes at all		each arm			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient

Option 4

It sees only with glasses

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 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 glasses	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 glasses	case
5	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	It	glasses					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus

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