Test 12 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

sis says cut a worm in half n u get 2 worms. cool right

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u · What happens: cut, get · To what, where: sis, half, n

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 right	amod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 worm	det
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 half	case
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 cut	obl
8	n	n	X	_	10 get	obl
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 get	nsubj
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	parataxis
11	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 worms	nummod
12	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct
14	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 right	amod
15	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		sis		half			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary worm=Product
2	get	present	u	n					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus

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, it makes two smaller worms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 worms	nummod
6	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 worms	amod
7	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	two smaller worms					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material worm=Product

Option 2

Yes, but only big worms do that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 do	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 worms	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worms	amod
6	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	big worms	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, each half grows into a whole worm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 grows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 half	det
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 grows	nsubj
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 worm	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 worm	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 worm	amod
9	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	each half					into a whole worm result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into worm=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, usually only one part survives, if any

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 survives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 survives	punct
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	7 survives	advmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 survives	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 part	nummod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 survives	nsubj
7	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 survives	punct
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 any	mark
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 survives	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	present	one part					usually property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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