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Test 9 · The polar zone: arctic foxes, snowy owls, lemmings and rei…

A cartoon shows penguins and an arctic fox playing on the same ice. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, arctic fox · What happens: show, play, be · To what, where: penguins, same ice

This is test 9 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: A cartoon shows penguins and an arctic fox playing on the same 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	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fox	cc
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fox	det
7	arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fox	amod
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 penguins	conj
9	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 fox	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 ice	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ice	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ice	amod
13	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 playing	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon		penguins and a arctic fox				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent penguin=Recipient
2	play	gerund	a arctic fox not said here			the same ice			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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 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

Penguins only live in zoos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 zoos	case
5	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Penguins			zoos			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location

Option 2

Nothing, they share the Arctic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 share	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 share	nsubj
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Arctic	det
6	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	they	the Arctic				Nothing vocative	tree rules

Option 3

Foxes are scared of all birds, so they would never play with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 birds	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 birds	det
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 play	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 play	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 play	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 play	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 play	advmod
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Foxes					of all birds; scared property	tree rules
2	not play	would	Foxes = fox					with birds = bird	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wild penguins live in the south and arctic foxes in the north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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