Test 7 · The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and d…
«that dingo's just a lost dog, let's whistle it over» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dingo, 's · What happens: lose, let, whistle over, be · To what, where: 's, dingo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 103 «The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and dingoes» 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 | _ | 10 let | punct |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 dingo | det |
| 3 | dingo | dingo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 let | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dingo | case |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 dog | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 dog | amod |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dingo | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 dingo | punct |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | whistle | whistle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 let | xcomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 whistle | obj |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 whistle | compound:prt |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 let | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 true | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 true | cop |
| 18 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 let | parataxis |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | that dingo a lost dog | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | whistle over in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | dingo | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 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 · ← Mova's choice
Dingoes are foxes, not dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dingoes | dingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 foxes | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 foxes | cop |
| 3 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dogs | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 dogs | advmod |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 foxes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Dingoes | foxes and dogs | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it is someone's pet that ran off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 pet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pet | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pet | cop |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 pet | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 someone | case |
| 7 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pet | acl:relcl |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | someone's pet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | someone's pet | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Dingoes have lived wild for thousands of years and are not pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dingoes | dingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lived | aux |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lived | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 thousands | case |
| 6 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 thousands | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pets | cc |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 pets | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 pets | advmod |
| 12 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present · perfect | Dingoes | for thousands of years; wild property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | Dingoes not said here | pets | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, dingoes love to be stroked and fed by visitors like pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | dingoes | dingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stroked | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 stroked | aux:pass |
| 7 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 love | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fed | cc |
| 9 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 stroked | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 visitors | case |
| 11 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fed | obl:agent |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 pets | case |
| 13 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 visitors | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | dingoes | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stroke not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | dingoes not said here | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 3 | feed | participle | dingoes not said here | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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