Test 10 · The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and rei…

«why's that penguin a soldier?» says your cousin at Edinburgh Zoo. What is the story?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, story · What happens: be, say · To what, where: penguin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 106 «The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and reindeer» 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: «why's that penguin a soldier?» says your cousin at Edinburgh Zoo.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 penguin	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 penguin	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 penguin	cop
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 penguin	det
5	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 soldier	det
7	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 penguin	appos
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 penguin	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cousin	nmod:poss
12	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 Zoo	case
14	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Zoo	compound
15	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 cousin	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		that penguin					tree rules
2	say speech: ask	present	your cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 the story?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the story						tree rules

The options

Option 1

All Scottish penguins join the army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 penguins	det
2	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 penguins	amod
3	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 join	nsubj
4	join	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 army	det
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present	all Scottish penguins	the army					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient

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

King penguin Sir Nils Olav is an honorary officer of the Norwegian army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	King	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 penguin	compound
2	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 officer	nsubj
3	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Nils	nmod:desc
4	Nils	Nils	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 penguin	appos
5	Olav	Olav	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Nils	flat
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 officer	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 officer	det
8	honorary	honorary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 officer	compound
9	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 army	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 army	det
12	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 army	amod
13	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 officer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	King penguin	a honorary officer				of the Norwegian army	tree rules

Option 3

It is a real Scottish soldier dressed up in a penguin suit for the zoo parade

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 soldier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soldier	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 soldier	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 soldier	amod
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 soldier	amod
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 soldier	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 dressed	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 suit	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 suit	det
11	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 suit	compound
12	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dressed	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 parade	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 parade	det
15	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 parade	compound
16	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real Scottish soldier					tree rules
2	dress up	participle		a real Scottish soldier not said here		a penguin suit		for the zoo parade	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The penguin won a war against seals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 penguin	det
2	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	nsubj
3	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 war	det
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 seals	case
7	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	the penguin	a war				against seals	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality

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