Test 9 · Soil and what lives in it

why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the soil

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: worms · What happens: be

This is test 9 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 good	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 worms	expl
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 good	nsubj
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 worms	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 rain	case
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 everywhere	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 worms	punct
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 good	cop
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 good	nsubj
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 good	advmod
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 soil	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 soil	det
15	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						why property	tree rules
2	is	present	worms					for the soil; good property	tree rules

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

Yes, but only because they eat the weeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 eat	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 eat	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 eat	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 eat	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weeds	det
9	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	they	the weeds					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Patient

Option 2

No, they make the soil too hard to dig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soil	det
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 dig	mark
10	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	they	the soil				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product
2	dig	to-infinitive	the soil not said here						vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, their tunnels let air and water into the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tunnels	nmod:poss
4	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 soil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soil	det
11	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	their tunnels	air and water		the soil			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 4

No, they eat the plant roots and harm the soil badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eat	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roots	det
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 roots	compound
7	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harm	cc
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 eat	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soil	det
11	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harm	obj
12	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 harm	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	they	the plant roots					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient
2	harm	infinitive	they not said here	the soil				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soil=Experiencer

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