Test 3 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters
In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off! Off!". Which part is true to life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea lions, part · What happens: push, be · To what, where: friend, Finding Dory
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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: In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Dory | case |
| 2 | Finding | Finding | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Dory | compound |
| 3 | Dory | Dory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 push | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Dory | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lions | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lions | compound |
| 7 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 push | nsubj |
| 8 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 friend | det |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 push | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 rock | case |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 rock | nmod:poss |
| 13 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 push | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bark | cc |
| 15 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rock | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Off | punct |
| 17 | Off | off | INTJ | _ | 8 push | discourse |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 push | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present | the sea lions | a friend | Finding Dory | off lions's rock and bark | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent friend=Theme in dory=Trajectory |
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: Off!".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off | off | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Off | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Off | punct |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Off | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Which part is true to life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which part | to life; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real sea lions speak English words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lions | amod |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lions | compound |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 speak | nsubj |
| 4 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 speak | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | Real sea lions | English words | tree rules |
Option 2
Real sea lions live alone, each on its own single rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lions | amod |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lions | compound |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 each | punct |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 rock | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 rock | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rock | amod |
| 11 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rock | amod |
| 12 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Real sea lions | each | its own single rock | alone property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real sea lions squabble loudly over the best resting spots
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lions | amod |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lions | compound |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 squabble | nsubj |
| 4 | squabble | squabble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 squabble | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 spots | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 spots | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 spots | amod |
| 9 | resting | resting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spots | compound |
| 10 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 squabble | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squabble | present | Real sea lions | over the best resting spots; loudly property | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over spot=Theme |
Option 4
Real sea lions never make any sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lions | amod |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lions | compound |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 sound | det |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | Real sea lions | any sound | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product |
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