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Test 8 · Life begins: being born and growing up

A cartoon shows a seed lying dead in a drawer until a wizard brings it to life. What does it get wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, seed, wizard · What happens: show, lie, bring, get · To what, where: seed, drawer, life

This is test 8 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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: A cartoon shows a seed lying dead in a drawer until a wizard brings it to life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seed	det
5	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 seed	acl
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lying	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 drawer	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drawer	det
10	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 brings	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wizard	det
13	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 brings	nsubj
14	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 brings	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 life	case
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 brings	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a seed					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent seed=Recipient
2	lie	gerund	a seed not said here			a drawer		dead property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in drawer=Location
3	bring	present	a wizard	seed		life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to life=Destination

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 does it get wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 get	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · do-support	cartoon					wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Seeds only grow if they are kept in drawers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 grow	advmod
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 kept	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 grow	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 drawers	case
9	drawers	drawer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Seeds						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		Seeds = seed		drawers			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in drawer=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A seed is alive, resting, and water and warmth wake it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 seed	det
2	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alive	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 alive	cop
4	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 resting	punct
6	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 alive	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wake	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wake	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wake	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 warmth	cc
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	conj
12	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 alive	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a seed					alive property	tree rules
2	rest	gerund	a seed not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wake	present	water and warmth	seed					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Nothing, seeds really are dead until magic touches them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 seeds	punct
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 dead	advmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seeds	amod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 touches	mark
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 touches	nsubj
9	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						dead property	tree rules
2	touch	present	magic	seeds = seed					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

Option 4

Wizards are needed to plant real seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wizards	wizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	aux:pass
3	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 plant	mark
5	plant	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needed	xcomp
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seeds	amod
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 plant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Wizards					tree rules
2	plant not said to happen	to-infinitive	Wizards not said here	real seeds					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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