Test 3 · ★ · The African savanna area: hippos, meerkats, ostriches, wil…

«look, that ostrich buried its head cos it's scared» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ostrich · What happens: look, bury, be · To what, where: head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	_	2 look	punct
2	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 true	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 buried	punct
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 ostrich	det
5	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buried	nsubj
6	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 look	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buried	obj
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 scared	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scared	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scared	cop
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buried	advcl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 look	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 true	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	infinitive				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	bury in a quote	past	that ostrich	ostrich's head		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	ostrich		scared property	tree rules
4	is	present			true 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

Yes, it is drinking water under the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 drinking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drinking	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drinking	aux
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 sand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sand	det
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present · progressive	it	water		the sand			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 2

Yes, ostriches hide their heads when afraid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hide	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ostriches	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	nsubj
4	hide	hide	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 heads	nmod:poss
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 afraid	mark
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	ostriches	ostriches's heads					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 3

No, it is eating stones to sharpen its beak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 eating	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eating	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	aux
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eating	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sharpen	mark
8	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 eating	advcl
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 beak	nmod:poss
10	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sharpen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · progressive	it	stones					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient
2	sharpen	to-infinitive		its beak					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beak=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is turning its eggs or hiding by lying flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turning	aux
3	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eggs	nmod:poss
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turning	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 hiding	cc
7	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 turning	conj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 lying	mark
9	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hiding	advcl
10	flat	flat	ADV	_	9 lying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn	present · progressive	It	its eggs		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme egg=Result
2	hide	gerund				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lie	gerund			flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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