Test 18 · ★★ · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes

my mate says u only get bitten by mozzies at midday so evenings are fine. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, mozzies, evenings · What happens: say, bite, be · To what, where: u, midday · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bitten	nsubj:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 bitten	advmod
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bitten	aux:pass
7	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mozzies	case
9	mozzies	mozzy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bitten	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 midday	case
11	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bitten	obl
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 fine	mark
13	evenings	evening	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fine	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bitten	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	right	right	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bite	present · passive	mozzies	u	midday		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient at midday=Location
3	is	present	evenings			fine 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

No, they only ever bite in the middle of the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bite	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 bite	advmod
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 bite	advmod
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	infinitive	they			the middle of the night	ever		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, many mosquitoes bite most at dusk and dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bite	punct
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mosquitoes	amod
4	mosquitoes	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bite	nsubj
5	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 bite	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dusk	case
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dawn	cc
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dusk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	many mosquitoes				dusk		vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, they sleep all evening till the sun comes up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sleep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 evening	det
6	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl:unmarked
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 comes	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 comes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	they				evening		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come up	present	the sun						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they only come out to bite in the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bite	mark
8	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 rain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rain	det
11	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	they					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	bite	to-infinitive	they not said here			the rain			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in rain=Location

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