Test 12 · Life cycles

Leo says the caterpillar sleeps in the chrysalis and then just grows wings. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, caterpillar · What happens: say, sleep, grow · To what, where: chrysalis, wings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 25 «Life cycles» of the world 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 caterpillar	det
4	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleeps	nsubj
5	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chrysalis	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chrysalis	det
8	chrysalis	chrysalis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleeps	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grows	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 grows	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 grows	advmod
12	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
13	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grows	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 grows	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grows	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sleep	present	the caterpillar		the chrysalis			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chrysalis=Location
3	grow	present	Leo not said here	wings		then	true property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=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

Yes, it just grows wings while it sleeps

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grows	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 grows	advmod
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grows	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 sleeps	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sleeps	nsubj
9	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grows	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	it	wings					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme
2	sleep	present	it						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, it only adds wings and stays the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 adds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 adds	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 adds	advmod
5	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 adds	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stays	cc
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 adds	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 same	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	it	wings					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	stay	present						same property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

No, it stays a caterpillar for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stays	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 caterpillar	det
6	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	it	a caterpillar				for life	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme caterpillar=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, its whole body changes shape inside, that's metamorphosis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 changes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 changes	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 body	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 body	amod
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	nsubj
6	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	obj
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 shape	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 metamorphosis	punct
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 metamorphosis	det
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 metamorphosis	cop
12	metamorphosis	metamorphosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	its whole body	shape					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
2	is a	present		that metamorphosis					tree rules

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