Test 8 · ★★ · Habitats and adaptations
A new fish is found with a flat body, eyes on top and sandy colours. Where does it most likely live?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish · What happens: find, live · To what, where: new fish
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Habitats and adaptations» 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
Sentence 1: A new fish is found with a flat body, eyes on top and sandy colours.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fish | amod |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 body | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 body | det |
| 8 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 body | amod |
| 9 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 eyes | punct |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 body | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 top | case |
| 13 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 eyes | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 colours | cc |
| 15 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 colours | amod |
| 16 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 top | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | a new fish | with a flat body and eyes on top and sandy colours | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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: Where does it most likely live?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 live | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 live | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 live | advmod |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present · do-support | fish | likely property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hiding among red corals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | among | among | ADP | _ | 4 corals | case |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 corals | amod |
| 4 | corals | coral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | red corals | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among coral=Location |
Option 2
Swimming fast in open water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Swimming | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swimming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | gerund | open water | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Lying on the sandy sea floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 floor | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 floor | det |
| 4 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 floor | amod |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 floor | compound |
| 6 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | the sandy sea floor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |
Option 4
Living in a fresh mountain stream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 stream | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stream | det |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stream | amod |
| 5 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stream | compound |
| 6 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | a fresh mountain stream | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stream=Location |
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