Test 6 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

«aww the cub's tiny, bet it's born big as a dog» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bet, bear, be · To what, where: cub · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 tiny	punct
2	aww	aww	INTJ	_	6 tiny	discourse
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cub	det
4	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiny	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cub	case
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bet	punct
8	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 tiny	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 born	nsubj:pass
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 born	aux:pass
11	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bet	ccomp
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 born	xcomp
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 dog	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 big	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 tiny	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tiny	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 tiny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bet in a quote	infinitive			vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bear in a quote	present · passive	cub	big property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is	present		right 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

No, they hatch from eggs in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hatch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hatch	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hatch	nsubj
4	hatch	hatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hatch	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 snow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hatch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hatch	present	they					in the snow; from eggs	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from egg=Patient

Option 2

Yes, they are born about the size of a big dog, with open eyes

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 born	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 born	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 born	aux:pass
5	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 size	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 size	det
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 born	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 dog	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 size	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eyes	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 eyes	case
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 eyes	amod
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		they				about the size of a big dog; with open eyes	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Yes, and they can swim from the first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swim	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swim	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swim	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	can	they				day		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Newborn cubs weigh less than a kilogram and are blind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cubs	amod
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 weigh	nsubj
3	weigh	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	7 kilogram	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	4 less	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kilogram	det
7	kilogram	kilogram	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weigh	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blind	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blind	cop
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weigh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	present	Newborn cubs	a kilogram					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Newborn cubs not said here					blind property	tree rules

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