Test 8 · ★ · Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things

How is a spore like a seed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spore · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 How	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spore	det
4	spore	spore	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 How	nsubj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 seed	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 seed	det
7	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spore	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 How	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a spore like a seed					how 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 · ← Mova's choice

Both are big enough to hold in your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 big	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	cop
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 big	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hold	mark
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 big	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Both					big, enough property	tree rules
2	hold	to-infinitive	Both not said here			your hand			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Both can grow into a new living thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 grow	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 thing	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	compound
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	can	Both					into a new living thing result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into thing=Result

Option 3

Both are made by bacteria living in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 bacteria	case
5	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl:agent
6	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bacteria	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 soil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soil	det
9	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	bacteria	Both					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	live	gerund	bacteria not said here			the soil			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soil=Location

Option 4

Both are made inside a flower and need bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 flower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 flower	det
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 need	cc
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
9	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Both		a flower			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	need	present		bees					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bee=Theme

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