Test 11 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil…
A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more. What will its pack do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sick old wild dog, pack · What happens: not hunt, do
This is test 11 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A sick old wild dog cannot hunt any more.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 2 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dog | amod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dog | amod |
| 4 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dog | amod |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hunt | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hunt | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 hunt | advmod |
| 8 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | any | any | ADV | _ | 10 more | advmod |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 hunt | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 hunt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hunt | can | a sick old wild dog | vn hunt-35.1 «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.
Sentence 2: What will its pack do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 pack | nmod:poss |
| 4 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | dog's pack | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Share food with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | food | with food | tree rules |
Option 2
Make it guard the pups only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pups | det |
| 5 | pups | pup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 guard | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 guard | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | guard | infinitive | the pups | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pup=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Chase it out of the pack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Chase | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 pack | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pack | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pack | det |
| 6 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Chase | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | imperative | you not said here | it | the pack | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pack=Trajectory |
Option 4
Leave it with the hyenas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 hyenas | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hyenas | det |
| 5 | hyenas | hyena | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | with the hyenas | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with hyena=Theme |
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