Test 6 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

Why does your little cousin's houseplant lean towards the window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, lean · To what, where: houseplant

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lean	advcl
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cousin	amod
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 houseplant	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cousin	case
7	houseplant	houseplant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
8	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	11 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lean	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 lean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		your little cousin's houseplant					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent houseplant=Eventuality
2	lean	present						towards the window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It wants to see the garden

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive		the garden					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garden=Stimulus

Option 2

Plants always lean over towards any glass and windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lean	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 lean	advmod
3	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	3 lean	compound:prt
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 glass	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 glass	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lean	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 windows	cc
9	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 glass	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean over	present	Plants					towards any glass and windows; always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its leaves are stretching for the light they need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 leaves	nmod:poss
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stretching	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stretching	aux
4	stretching	stretch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 light	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stretching	obl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 light	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present · progressive	Its leaves					for the light	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	need	present	leaves = leaf	the light not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme

Option 4

It is being blown by a draught

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	4 blown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blown	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 blown	aux:pass
4	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 draught	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 draught	det
7	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present · passive	a draught	It					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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