Test 11 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

my mate reckons goldfish forget everything after 3 secs. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, goldfish · What happens: reckon, forget · To what, where: everything

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» 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 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forget	nsubj
5	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	ccomp
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 forget	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 secs	case
8	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 secs	nummod
9	secs	sec	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forget	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckons	parataxis
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my mate						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	forget	present	goldfish	everything			after 3 secs		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

Yes, three seconds is all they remember

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 remember	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 seconds	nummod
4	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yes	obl:unmarked
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 remember	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	8 remember	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remember	nsubj
8	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					all, remember property	tree rules

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

No, goldfish can remember things for months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 remember	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 remember	punct
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remember	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remember	aux
5	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remember	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 months	case
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remember	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	can	goldfish	things			month		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 3

Yes, that is why they swim in circles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 why	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 swim	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 swim	nsubj
7	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 circles	case
9	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	swim	present	they			circles			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory

Option 4

No, they remember for about ten seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 remember	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 remember	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remember	nsubj
4	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 ten	advmod
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 seconds	nummod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remember	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	they				second		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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