Test 13 · Life cycles

my sister reckons seeds need light to start growing. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, seeds, light · What happens: reckon, need, start, grow · To what, where: light

This is test 13 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	ccomp
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp
9	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 start	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reckon	present	my sister		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	need	present	seeds	light	tree rules
3	start not said to happen	to-infinitive	light not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	grow not said to happen	gerund	light not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «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

No, seeds need only soil to start growing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 soil	advmod
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	advcl
9	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	seeds	soil	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot soil=Theme
2	start	to-infinitive	seeds not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	grow	gerund	seeds not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, all seeds need bright light to sprout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 seeds	det
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sprout	mark
9	sprout	sprout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	all seeds	bright light					tree rules
2	sprout not said to happen	to-infinitive	bright light not said here						vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

Yes, a seed in the dark can never grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seed	det
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grow	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seed	nmod
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 grow	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 grow	advmod
10	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow	can	a seed in the dark						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, most use their own food store and need water, air and warmth

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 store	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 store	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 store	compound
8	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 need	cc
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 use	conj
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 air	punct
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 warmth	cc
15	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	most	their own food store					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Patient
2	need	present	most not said here	water and air and warmth					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

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