Test 1 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears
In a fizzy drink advert polar bears sip cola on the ice. What is real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: polar bears · What happens: sip, be · To what, where: cola, fizzy drink advert
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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 a fizzy drink advert polar bears sip cola on the ice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 advert | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 advert | det |
| 3 | fizzy | fizzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 advert | amod |
| 4 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 advert | compound |
| 5 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sip | obl |
| 6 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bears | amod |
| 7 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sip | nsubj |
| 8 | sip | sip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sip | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 ice | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ice | det |
| 12 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sip | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sip | present | polar bears | cola | a fizzy drink advert | on the ice | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient |
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 is real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Polar bears drink seawater like whales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bears | amod |
| 2 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | nsubj |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | seawater | seawater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 whales | case |
| 6 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | Polar bears | seawater | like whales | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seawater=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Polar bears drink very little and get water from seal fat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bears | amod |
| 2 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | nsubj |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 little | advmod |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drink | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 get | cc |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 drink | conj |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 fat | case |
| 10 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fat | compound |
| 11 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | Polar bears | little | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | Polar bears not said here | water | seal fat | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from fat=Source |
Option 3
Polar bears drink lots of fresh water from the lakes every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bears | amod |
| 2 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | nsubj |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lots | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 lakes | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lakes | det |
| 10 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | obl |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 day | det |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | Polar bears | lots of fresh water | the lakes | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 4
Polar bears need sweet drinks for energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bears | amod |
| 2 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drinks | amod |
| 5 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 energy | case |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Polar bears | sweet drinks | for energy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme |
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