Test 8 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears
A «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada. What is it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bear · What happens: see, be · To what, where: pizzly bear, Canada
This is test 8 · ★ 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 «pizzly» bear was seen in Canada.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bear | det |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 pizzly | punct |
| 3 | pizzly | pizzly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bear | compound |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 pizzly | punct |
| 5 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux:pass |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Canada | case |
| 9 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 seen | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 seen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · passive | a pizzly bear | Canada | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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 it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | bear | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A polar bear with green algae in its fur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bear | det |
| 2 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bear | amod |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 algae | case |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 algae | amod |
| 6 | algae | alga | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bear | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 fur | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 algae | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A new kind of panda
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kind | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kind | amod |
| 3 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 panda | case |
| 5 | panda | panda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kind | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A pizza-eating zoo bear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 zoo | det |
| 2 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eating | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 pizza | punct |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 zoo | amod |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | compound |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A cub of a polar bear and a grizzly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cub | det |
| 2 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bear | case |
| 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 | 2 cub | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 grizzly | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 grizzly | det |
| 9 | grizzly | grizzly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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