Test 18 · ★★ · Wild animals: keep away, never feed
someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds in Florida are fine to swim in
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, ponds · What happens: reckon, live, be, swim · To what, where: alligators, swamps
This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 school | case |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 someone | nmod |
| 4 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | alligators | alligator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reckons | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 live | advmod |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckons | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 swamps | case |
| 9 | swamps | swamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fine | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 fine | advmod |
| 12 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 fine | nsubj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Florida | case |
| 14 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 ponds | nmod |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fine | cop |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reckons | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 swim | mark |
| 18 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 fine | csubj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | someone | alligators | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | someone not said here | swamps | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in swamp=Location | ||||
| 3 | is | present | ponds in Florida | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | swim | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
He is right, alligators avoid places with houses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 avoid | punct |
| 5 | alligators | alligator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 avoid | nsubj |
| 6 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 avoid | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 houses | case |
| 9 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 places | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | avoid | present | alligators | places | with houses | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent place=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wrong; alligators live in fresh water all over Florida, even small ponds and canals
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 alligators | amod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | alligators | alligator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 Florida | advmod |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 Florida | case |
| 10 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ponds | punct |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 ponds | advmod |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ponds | amod |
| 14 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | parataxis |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 canals | cc |
| 16 | canals | canal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ponds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Wrong alligators | fresh water | over Florida | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
Option 3
He is right, ponds are too small for them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 small | punct |
| 5 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 small | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 small | cop |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 small | advmod |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | parataxis |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 small | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | ponds | for them = they; small property | tree rules |
Option 4
He is right, they only live in the Everglades
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 live | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 live | nsubj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 live | advmod |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Everglades | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Everglades | det |
| 10 | Everglades | Everglade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | they | the Everglades | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in everglade=Location |
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