Test 10 · ★★★ · Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence

my bean plant grew loads when i sang to it, so singing works?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bean plant, i · What happens: grow, sing, work · To what, where: loads, plant

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 plant	nmod:poss
2	bean	bean	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plant	compound
3	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grew	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 sang	mark
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 sang	nsubj
8	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grew	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sang	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 works	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 works	advmod
13	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 works	nsubj
14	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grew	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	grow	past	my bean plant	loads		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	i		plant	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient
3	sing speech: express	gerund				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	work	present				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, plants always grow way more with music, everyone knows that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 grow	advmod
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl:unmarked
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 way	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 music	case
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	conj
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	plants	way				with music; always property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	everyone	that					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, one plant is enough proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 proof	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 plant	nummod
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proof	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proof	cop
6	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 proof	amod
7	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	one plant	enough proof					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not proven; test many plants and keep a control without singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 proven	advmod
2	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 plants	punct
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plants	compound
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plants	amod
6	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proven	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proven	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 control	det
10	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 singing	mark
12	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	not prove	participle	test many plants	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	keep	infinitive	a control	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme
3	sing speech: express	gerund		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, plants can never be tested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 plants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tested	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tested	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 tested	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 tested	aux:pass
7	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not test	can · passive		plants					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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