Test 4 · Caring for pets
Mia's rabbit has had no fresh water since yesterday. Why is this a problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rabbit, this · What happens: have, be · To what, where: fresh water, problem
This is test 4 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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
Sentence 1: Mia's rabbit has had no fresh water since yesterday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rabbit | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | aux |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 water | det |
| 7 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 water | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 9 | since | since | ADP | _ | 10 yesterday | case |
| 10 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | Mia's rabbit | no fresh water | yesterday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Why is this a problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 problem | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 problem | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 problem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | a problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Animals need clean water every day to stay healthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 water | amod |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 stay | mark |
| 8 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 need | advcl |
| 9 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Animals | clean water | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | |||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | Animals not said here | healthy property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Rabbits drink once a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 drink | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 once | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | Rabbits | once property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Water is only needed in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 needed | advmod |
| 4 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 summer | case |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | Water | summer | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Rabbits get all the water they need from the morning air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 water | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 need | nsubj |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 water | acl:relcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 air | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 air | det |
| 10 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 air | compound |
| 11 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Rabbits | all water | the morning air | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from air=Source | |||
| 2 | need | present | Rabbits = rabbit | all water not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme |
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