Test 8 · ★ · The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs an…
«where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area. What is the answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: popcorn smell, answer · What happens: be, come · To what, where: Asian area
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 107 «The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs and sun 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: «where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 where | punct |
| 2 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 where | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 smell | det |
| 5 | popcorn | popcorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smell | compound |
| 6 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 where | nsubj |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 smell | acl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 coming | obl |
| 9 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 2 where | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 where | punct |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 area | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 area | det |
| 13 | Asian | Asian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 area | amod |
| 14 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 where | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 where | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the popcorn smell | the Asian area | where property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | come in a quote | gerund | the popcorn smell not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 answer?
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 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | 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 answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A binturong marking its paths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 binturong | det |
| 2 | binturong | binturong | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | marking | mark | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 binturong | acl |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 paths | nmod:poss |
| 5 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 marking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | gerund | a binturong not said here | binturong's paths | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination |
Option 2
The café next door is making popcorn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 café | det |
| 2 | café | café | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | nsubj |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 door | amod |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 café | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 making | aux |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | popcorn | popcorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · progressive | the café and next door | popcorn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset popcorn=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The red panda eating corn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 panda | det |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 panda | amod |
| 3 | panda | panda | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 panda | acl |
| 5 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | the red panda not said here | corn | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient |
Option 4
A peacock fluffing its feathers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 peacock | det |
| 2 | peacock | peacock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | fluffing | fluff | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 peacock | acl |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 feathers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fluffing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fluff | gerund | a peacock not said here | peacock's feathers | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
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