Test 7 · ★ · Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things
A pupil says mushrooms are plants because they grow from the ground. What is the mistake?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, mushrooms, mistake · What happens: say, be, grow · To what, where: plants · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 77 «Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things» 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 pupil says mushrooms are plants because they grow from the ground.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mushrooms | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 plants | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 plants | cop |
| 6 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 grow | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grow | nsubj |
| 9 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | advcl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 ground | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ground | det |
| 12 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grow | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a pupil | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | mushrooms | plants | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow | present | mushrooms = mushroom | from the ground | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=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: What is the mistake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mistake | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Mushrooms are really animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mushrooms | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 animals | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 animals | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 animals | advmod |
| 4 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mushrooms | animals | tree rules |
Option 2
Mushrooms do not grow from the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mushrooms | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 grow | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 grow | advmod |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | present · do-support | Mushrooms | from the ground | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=Patient |
Option 3
Plants never grow from the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 grow | advmod |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | present | Plants | from the ground | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fungi cannot make their own food like plants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fungi | fungus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 food | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 food | amod |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 plants | case |
| 9 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | can | Fungi | Fungi's own food | like plants | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |
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