Test 3 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

Which is the best way to keep the fish in a lake for the future?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, keep · To what, where: best way, fish, lake

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 lake	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 future	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 future	det
15	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lake	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best way					tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive		the fish		a lake for the future			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fish=Theme in lake=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Catch fewer fish than are born each year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 fish	amod
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Catch	obj
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	6 born	mark
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 born	aux:pass
6	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Catch	advcl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 born	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	imperative	you not said here	fewer fish					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
2	bear	present · passive	you not said here				year		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

Option 2

Catch as many fish as possible now while they are there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Catch	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 possible	mark
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Catch	advcl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Catch	advmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 there	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 there	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 there	cop
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Catch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	imperative	you not said here	many fish			now		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
2	is	present	fish					there property	tree rules

Option 3

Never feed the fish anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 feed	advmod
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 anything	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 anything	compound
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feed	imperative	you not said here	anything					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 4

Pour fresh water into the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 lake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	fresh water		the lake			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into lake=Destination

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