Test 10 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears
Why might a polar bear in summer roll in the snow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 10 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 bear | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bear | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bear | det |
| 4 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bear | amod |
| 5 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 roll | case |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 roll | compound |
| 8 | roll | roll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bear | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 snow | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 snow | det |
| 11 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 roll | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bear | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To clean its fur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 clean | mark |
| 2 | clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fur | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 clean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | to-infinitive | its fur | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
Option 2
To cool down after eating a big heavy meal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 cool | mark |
| 2 | cool | cool | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 cool | compound:prt |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 eating | mark |
| 5 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 cool | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 meal | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 meal | amod |
| 8 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 meal | amod |
| 9 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool down | to-infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | a big heavy meal | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |
Option 3
To make its fur grow longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 grow | advcl |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fur | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | its fur | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fur=Product | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | long property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
To hide from seals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hide | mark |
| 2 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 seals | case |
| 4 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | to-infinitive | seals | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from seal=Beneficiary |
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