Test 16 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

did u hear a turtle died at the beach and they found it was full of plastic bags inside? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, turtle, they · What happens: hear, die, find, be · To what, where: real lesson, beach · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 turtle	det
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 died	nsubj
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 beach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beach	det
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 died	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 found	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	nsubj
12	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 died	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 full	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 found	ccomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 bags	case
17	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bags	amod
18	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	obl
19	inside	inside	ADV	_	18 bags	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	die	past	a turtle		the beach		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	find	past	they				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	turtle			of plastic bags; full 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

Plastic melts away in the sea anyway, so it doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 melts	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obl
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 melts	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 matter	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 matter	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 matter	advmod
13	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 melts	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt away	present	Plastic			the sea		anyway, away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Take your litter home; plastic in the sea kills animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 litter	nmod:poss
3	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	home	home	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 kills	punct
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kills	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plastic	nmod
10	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	your litter				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme
2	kill	present	plastic in the sea	animals					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 3

Only big plastic is a problem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 big	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plastic	amod
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problem	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 problem	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	big plastic	a problem					tree rules

Option 4

Turtles should just stay away from beaches with people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 beaches	case
7	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	should	Turtles			beaches		with people; away property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location

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