Test 2 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, polar bear · What happens: show, chat, be · To what, where: polar bear

This is test 2 · ★ 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: A cartoon shows a polar bear chatting with penguins on the ice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bear	det
5	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bear	amod
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
7	chatting	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bear	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 penguins	case
9	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chatting	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 ice	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ice	det
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 penguins	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a polar bear					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bear=Recipient
2	chat speech: other	gerund	a polar bear not said here					with penguins on the ice	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with penguin=Co-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 is wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Polar bears are far too shy to go anywhere near penguins on the ice

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	6 shy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shy	cop
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 shy	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 shy	advmod
6	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 shy	advcl
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 go	advmod
10	near	near	ADP	_	11 penguins	case
11	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 ice	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ice	det
14	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Polar bears					far, shy property	tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	Polar bears not said here			the ice		near penguins; anywhere property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near penguin=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wild polar bears live in the Arctic and wild penguins in the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bears	amod
2	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bears	amod
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Arctic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Arctic	det
7	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 penguins	cc
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 penguins	amod
10	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Arctic	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 south	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 south	det
13	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Wild polar bears			the Arctic and wild penguins		in the south	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location

Option 3

Penguins are too fast for polar bears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fast	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fast	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 bears	case
6	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bears	amod
7	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Penguins					for polar bears; fast property	tree rules

Option 4

Nothing, they live together in Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 live	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Antarctica	case
7	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live together	present	they			Antarctica		Nothing vocative; together property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in antarctica=Location

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