Test 1 · ★ · Kindness to animals

Which is true about plastic rings and wildlife?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	about	about	ADP	_	6 rings	case
5	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rings	amod
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wildlife	cc
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rings	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about plastic rings and wildlife; true 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

Rings are safe once they float out into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	once	once	SCONJ	_	6 float	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 float	nsubj
6	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	advcl
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 float	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rings					safe property	tree rules
2	float out	present	Rings = ring			the sea		out property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination

Option 2

Only fish are ever hurt by plastic in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 hurt	advmod
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 hurt	advmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 plastic	case
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive	plastic	fish		the water	ever		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Uncut rings can trap animals, so we cut them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncut	uncut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rings	amod
2	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trap	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 trap	aux
4	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trap	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cut	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 cut	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 cut	nsubj
9	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trap	parataxis
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	can	Uncut rings	animals					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient
2	cut	present	we	animals = animal					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product

Option 4

Birds like using the rings to build their nests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 using	nsubj
2	like	like	SCONJ	_	3 using	mark
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rings	det
5	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 using	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 build	mark
7	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 using	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nests	nmod:poss
9	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	Birds	the rings					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
2	build	to-infinitive	Birds not said here	Birds's nests					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product

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