Test 5 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands

A field of grass is burned by a fire in summer, yet it is green again a few weeks later. Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire, field · What happens: burn, be · To what, where: field

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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 field of grass is burned by a fire in summer, yet it is green again a few weeks later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 field	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 grass	case
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 field	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 burned	aux:pass
6	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 summer	case
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burned	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 green	punct
13	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	16 green	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 green	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 green	cop
16	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 burned	conj
17	again	again	ADV	_	16 green	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 weeks	det
19	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 weeks	amod
20	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 later	obl:unmarked
21	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 green	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 burned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present · passive	a fire	a field of grass			summer		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	present	field				again	green, late 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.

Sentence 2: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Animals came and planted new grass there with their feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 planted	cc
4	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grass	amod
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 planted	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feet	nmod:poss
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 planted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Animals						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	plant	past	Animals not said here	new grass		there		with Animals's feet	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent grass=Patient with foot=Instrument

Option 2

The heat of the fire turned all the black ash into grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heat	det
2	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heat	nmod
6	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 ash	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ash	det
9	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ash	amod
10	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 grass	case
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the heat of the fire	all black ash		grass			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ash=Theme into grass=Trajectory
2	heat		the fire						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

New grass seeds fall down from the sky with the next rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seeds	amod
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeds	compound
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	nsubj
4	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 fall	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 rain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rain	amod
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	present	New grass seeds			the sky		with the next rain; down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The grass grows again from its base near the ground

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	again	again	ADV	_	3 grows	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 base	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 base	nmod:poss
7	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the grass			grass's base	again	near the ground	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near ground=Location

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