Test 14 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

Why is a plastic bag dangerous for a sea turtle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bag	amod
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	obl:unmarked
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 turtle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 turtle	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turtle	compound
10	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for a sea turtle; a plastic bag obl:unmarked; dangerous 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 eats it thinking it's a jellyfish

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 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 eats	obj
4	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 eats	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 jellyfish	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 jellyfish	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jellyfish	det
8	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat	present	It	it	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	think speech: other	gerund			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a jellyfish	tree rules

Option 2

Bags float away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 float	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float away	present	Bags					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It scares them away from their beaches

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 scares	nsubj
2	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scares	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 scares	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 beaches	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beaches	nmod:poss
7	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 away	obl

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

Option 4

Turtles just don't like plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 like	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	5 like	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	Turtles	plastic					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plastic=Theme

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