Test 1 · ★★★ · Balance in a food web An island has grass, rabbits and foxes. A disease kills most of the rabbits. What happens to the grass and the foxes?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: island, disease · What happens: have, kill, happen · To what, where: grass, most
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Balance in a food web» 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: An island has grass, rabbits and foxes.
det nsubj obj punct conj cc conj punct root An DET island NOUN has VERB grass NOUN , PUNCT rabbits NOUN and CCONJ foxes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 island det 2 island island NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 rabbits punct 6 rabbits rabbit NOUN Number=Plur 4 grass conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 foxes cc 8 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 4 grass conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present a island grass and rabbits and foxes vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
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: A disease kills most of the rabbits.
det nsubj obj case det nmod punct root A DET disease NOUN kills VERB most ADJ of ADP the DET rabbits NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 disease det 2 disease disease NOUN Number=Sing 3 kills nsubj 3 kills kill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 3 kills obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 rabbits case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rabbits det 7 rabbits rabbit NOUN Number=Plur 4 most nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 kills punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kill present a disease most of the rabbits vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme
Sentence 3: What happens to the grass and the foxes?
nsubj case det obl cc det conj punct root What PRON happens VERB to ADP the DET grass NOUN and CCONJ the DET foxes NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 happens nsubj 2 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 5 grass case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 grass det 5 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 2 happens obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 foxes cc 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 foxes det 8 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 5 grass conj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 happens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present to the grass and the foxes vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Both the grass and the foxes grow more
cc:preconj det nsubj cc det conj advmod root Both CCONJ the DET grass NOUN and CCONJ the DET foxes NOUN grow VERB more ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both CCONJ _ 3 grass cc:preconj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 grass det 3 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 7 grow nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 foxes cc 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 foxes det 6 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 3 grass conj 7 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 grow advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present the grass and the foxes vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 The grass dies and the foxes grow fat
det nsubj cc det nsubj conj obj root The DET grass NOUN dies VERB and CCONJ the DET foxes NOUN grow VERB fat NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 grass det 2 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 3 dies nsubj 3 dies die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 grow cc 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 foxes det 6 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 7 grow nsubj 7 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dies conj 8 fat fat NOUN Number=Sing 7 grow obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die present the grass vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 grow present the foxes fat vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fat=Theme
Option 3 Nothing happens to either of them
nsubj case obl case nmod root Nothing PRON happens VERB to ADP either DET of ADP them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 happens nsubj 2 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 4 either case 4 either either DET PronType=Ind 2 happens obl 5 of of ADP _ 6 them case 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 either nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present Nothing to either vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The grass grows more and the foxes go hungry
det nsubj advmod cc det nsubj conj xcomp root The DET grass NOUN grows VERB more ADV and CCONJ the DET foxes NOUN go VERB hungry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 grass det 2 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 3 grows nsubj 3 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 3 grows advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 go cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 foxes det 7 foxes fox NOUN Number=Plur 8 go nsubj 8 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 grows conj 9 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 8 go xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present the grass vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 go present the foxes hungry property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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