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Test 5 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

In a superhero film, a man shrinks to ant size and keeps his strength... no wait, an ant grows to human size and lifts a bus. What's the science problem?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, ant, science problem · What happens: shrink, keep, grow, lift, be · To what, where: superhero film, strength, bus

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» of the myths 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

Sentence 1: In a superhero film, a man shrinks to ant size and keeps his strength... no wait, an ant grows to human size and lifts a bus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 film	det
3	superhero	superhero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 film	compound
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shrinks	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 film	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shrinks	nsubj
8	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	11 size	mark
10	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 size	compound
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shrinks	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 keeps	cc
13	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shrinks	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 strength	nmod:poss
15	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeps	obj
16	...	...	PUNCT	_	18 wait	punct
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 wait	det
18	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 strength	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 grows	punct
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 ant	det
21	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 grows	nsubj
22	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shrinks	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 size	case
24	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 size	amod
25	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 grows	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 lifts	cc
27	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 grows	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 bus	det
29	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lifts	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shrinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	a man			a superhero film			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	keep	present	a man not said here	man's strength and no wait					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme
3	grow	present	a ant					to human size	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	lift	present	a ant not said here	a bus					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=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.

Sentence 2: What's the science problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 problem	det
4	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problem	compound
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the science problem						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Buses are too smooth for ants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smooth	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 smooth	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 smooth	advmod
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ants	case
6	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smooth	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Buses					for ants; smooth property	tree rules

Option 2

No problem at all, because a giant ant would be exactly as strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 problem	det
2	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 problem	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strong	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 strong	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ant	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ant	amod
9	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strong	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 strong	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 strong	cop
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	14 strong	advmod
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 strong	advmod
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 problem	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	a giant ant					exactly, strong property	tree rules

Option 3

Ants are too lazy to lift buses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lazy	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lazy	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 lazy	advmod
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lift	mark
6	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lazy	advcl
7	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lift	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ants					lazy property	tree rules
2	lift	to-infinitive	Ants not said here	buses					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme

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

Bigger bodies get much heavier, so the giant ant would collapse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 bodies	amod
2	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 heavier	advmod
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 collapse	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 collapse	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ant	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ant	amod
10	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collapse	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 collapse	aux
12	collapse	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Bigger bodies					heavy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	collapse	would	the giant ant						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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