Test 10 · ★ · Fish, frogs and reptiles

why's the frog pond gone quiet since the factory, frogs gone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frog pond, frogs · What happens: be, go

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» 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	6 gone	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pond	det
4	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pond	compound
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 gone	advcl
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	xcomp
8	since	since	ADP	_	10 factory	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 factory	det
10	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gone	punct
12	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gone	nsubj
13	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 gone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the frog pond				since the factory	go, quiet property	tree rules
2	go	participle	frogs						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Frogs only leave because the water got too cold for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leave	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 leave	advmod
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 got	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	ccomp
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 cold	advmod
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Frogs						tree rules
2	get	past	the water					for Frogs = frog; cold property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for they=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Frogs need oily water to keep their thin skin wet and soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	oily	oily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skin	amod
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
10	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 soft	cc
12	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Frogs	oily water					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive	Frogs not said here	Frogs's thin skin				wet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 3

Factory noise frightens the frogs, so they move to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noise	compound
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frightens	nsubj
3	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 frogs	det
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frightens	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 move	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 move	nsubj
9	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frightens	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present	Factory noise	the frogs					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus frog=Experiencer
2	move	present	frogs = frog			the sea			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to sea=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Frogs' thin skin is easily harmed by polluted water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skin	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Frogs	case
3	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 skin	amod
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harmed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 harmed	aux:pass
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	7 harmed	advmod
7	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	polluted	pollute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	present · passive	polluted water	Frogs's thin skin				easily property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	pollute	participle							tree rules

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