Test 3 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…
In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed. How right is that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Flash, that · What happens: work, be
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 108 «The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and giant otters» 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: In Zootopia, Flash the sloth works at painfully slow speed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Zootopia | case |
| 2 | Zootopia | Zootopia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 works | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Flash | punct |
| 4 | Flash | Flash | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 works | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sloth | det |
| 6 | sloth | sloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Flash | appos |
| 7 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 speed | case |
| 9 | painfully | painfully | ADV | _ | 10 slow | advmod |
| 10 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 speed | amod |
| 11 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 works | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Flash | at slow speed; in Zootopia | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in zootopia=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: How right is that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 right | advmod |
| 2 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 right | cop |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 right | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sloths really are very slow, to save energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sloths | sloth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 slow | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 slow | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slow | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 slow | advmod |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 save | punct |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 save | mark |
| 8 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 slow | conj |
| 9 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sloths | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | Sloths not said here | energy | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
Option 2
Wrong, sloths are fast but sleepy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sloths | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | sloths | sloth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fast | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | cop |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 sleepy | cc |
| 7 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Wrong sloths | fast property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Wrong sloths not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Wrong, real sloths are among the fastest animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sloths | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sloths | amod |
| 4 | sloths | sloth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 animals | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 animals | cop |
| 6 | among | among | ADP | _ | 9 animals | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 animals | det |
| 8 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 animals | amod |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Wrong real sloths | among the fastest animals | tree rules |
Option 4
Wrong, sloths cannot move at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sloths | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
| 3 | sloths | sloth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 move | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 move | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 move | advmod |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not move | can | Wrong sloths | all | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
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