Test 1 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil…

«hippo's just a big lazy cow, I could swim with it lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hippo, I · What happens: be, swim · To what, where: big lazy cow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 102 «The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wild dogs and hyenas» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 cow	punct
2	hippo	hippo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cow	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cow	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	8 cow	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cow	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
8	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swim	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 swim	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 swim	aux
12	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cow	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 swim	obl
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 swim	discourse
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 swim	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 swim	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	hippo	a big lazy cow		tree rules
2	swim in a quote	could	I		with hippo	tree rules
3	is	present			right 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 · ✓ the right answer

Never: hippos guard their water fiercely and are very dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 guard	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 guard	punct
3	hippos	hippo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guard	nsubj
4	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 water	nmod:poss
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guard	obj
7	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	_	4 guard	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dangerous	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 dangerous	advmod
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 guard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not guard	present	hippos	hippos's water				fiercely property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Beneficiary
2	is	present	hippos not said here					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 2

Fine, hippos are gentle grass-eaters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hippos	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	hippos	hippo	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eaters	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 eaters	cop
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eaters	amod
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eaters	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grass	punct
8	eaters	eater	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fine hippos	gentle grass eaters					tree rules

Option 3

Fine, hippos cannot bite in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hippos	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	hippos	hippo	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bite	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bite	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bite	advmod
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bite	can	Fine hippos			water			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location

Option 4

Fine, as long as it is not yawning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 yawning	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 yawning	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 yawning	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 yawning	advmod
9	yawning	yawn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not yawn	present · progressive	it						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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