Test 18 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

my mate says he ate conkers once and was fine so they're safe. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, conkers · What happens: say, eat, be · To what, where: conkers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	conkers	conker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ate	obj
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 ate	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fine	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ate	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 safe	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 safe	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 safe	cop
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ate	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ate	xcomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat	past	mate	conkers	once, true property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conker=Patient
3	is	past	mate not said here		fine property	tree rules
4	is	present	conkers = conker		safe 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

Yes, the shiny ones are fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fine	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the shiny ones					fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if they're roasted first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 roasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 roasted	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 roasted	nsubj:pass
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 roasted	aux:pass
6	roasted	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 roasted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	present · passive		they				first property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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

No, conkers are poisonous; never eat them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 poisonous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	conkers	conker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poisonous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 poisonous	cop
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 eat	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 eat	advmod
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 poisonous	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	conkers					poisonous property	tree rules
2	not eat	infinitive		conkers = conker					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

Yes, they're just big nuts like chestnuts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 nuts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nuts	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nuts	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 nuts	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nuts	amod
7	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 chestnuts	case
9	chestnuts	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nuts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	big nuts				like chestnuts	tree rules

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