Test 20 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

zookeeper said the two swans are "together for life", kids went ewww lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: zookeeper, two swans, kids · What happens: say, be, go · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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	zookeeper	zookeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 swans	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 swans	nummod
5	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 life	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 life	cop
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 together	punct
8	together	together	ADV	_	10 life	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 life	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
15	ewww	ewww	INTJ	_	14 went	discourse
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	zookeeper		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the two swans	for life; together property	tree rules
3	go	past	kids		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Swans stay as a pair, like a married couple; it is nature, no need to tease

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 pair	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pair	det
5	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 couple	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 couple	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 couple	det
9	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 couple	amod
10	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	advcl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 nature	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 nature	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 nature	cop
14	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 need	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 need	det
17	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nature	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 tease	mark
19	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 need	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Swans		as a pair	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	couple	nature and no need		tree rules
3	tease	to-infinitive	couple not said here			vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It means they are glued together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 glued	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 glued	aux:pass
5	glued	glue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 glued	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	glue	present · passive		they				together property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It means one is a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 baby	nummod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 baby	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a one baby					tree rules

Option 4

It means they fight all the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fight	nsubj
4	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fight	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fight	present	they				time		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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