Test 9 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

Why does a hamster need a wheel that is large?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hamster, wheel · What happens: need, be · To what, where: wheel

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 need	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hamster	det
4	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wheel	det
7	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 large	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 large	cop
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wheel	acl:relcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	a hamster	a wheel					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wheel=Theme
2	is	present	a wheel					large 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 · ← Mova's choice

Small wheels make hamsters run too fast and get very dizzy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wheels	amod
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 run	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 get	cc
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 run	conj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 dizzy	advmod
11	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Small wheels	hamsters		tree rules
2	run	infinitive	hamsters not said here		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	infinitive	hamsters not said here		dizzy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Hamsters like to sleep in their wheels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sleep	mark
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 like	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wheels	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wheels	nmod:poss
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Hamsters						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sleep not said to happen	to-infinitive	Hamsters not said here			Hamsters's wheels			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in wheel=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A small wheel bends its back and can hurt its spine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wheel	amod
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bends	nsubj
4	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bends	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bends	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 spine	nmod:poss
11	spine	spine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	a small wheel	wheel's back					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent back=Material
2	hurt	can	a small wheel not said here	wheel's spine					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spine=Patient

Option 4

Large wheels are quieter at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wheels	amod
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 quieter	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 quieter	cop
4	quieter	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quieter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Large wheels				night	quiet property	tree rules

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