Test 15 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

fish look hungry so i put loads of food in

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish, i · What happens: look, put in · To what, where: loads

This is test 15 · ★ 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	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 look	nsubj
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 look	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 put	advmod
5	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 put	nsubj
6	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 look	advcl
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 put	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loads	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	6 put	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	fish					hungry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	put in	past	i	loads of food					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent load=Goal

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 · ← Mova's choice

Fish stop eating when full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 full	mark
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Fish						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	Fish not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

More food makes them grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 food	amod
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	More food	them = they					tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Give only a little, too much makes the water dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 little	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Give	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a little					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme
2	make	present	much	the water				dirty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 4

Put in food every hour so they never ever get hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 food	case
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 hour	det
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl:unmarked
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 get	advmod
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 get	advmod
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
11	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here			food	hour		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in food=Destination
2	not get	infinitive	they				ever	hungry property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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