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Test 8 · ★★★ · The South American area: sloths, anteaters, piranhas and g…

In The Emperor's New Groove, a llama spits at people all the time. What is real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: llama · What happens: spit, be · To what, where: New Groove

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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 The Emperor's New Groove, a llama spits at people all the time.

casedetnmod:posscaseamodoblpunctdetnsubjcaseobldet:predetdetobl:unmarkedpunctrootInADPTheDETEmperorPROPN'sPARTNewADJGroovePROPN,PUNCTaDETllamaNOUNspitsVERBatADPpeopleNOUNallDETtheDETtimeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_6 Groovecase
2ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Emperordet
3EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing6 Groovenmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Emperorcase
5NewNewADJDegree=Pos6 Grooveamod
6GrooveGroovePROPNNumber=Sing10 spitsobl
7,,PUNCT_6 Groovepunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 llamadet
9llamallamaNOUNNumber=Sing10 spitsnsubj
10spitsspitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
11atatADP_12 peoplecase
12peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur10 spitsobl
13allallDETPronType=Tot15 timedet:predet
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 timedet
15timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing10 spitsobl:unmarked
16..PUNCT_10 spitspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spitpresenta llamathe Emperor's New Groovetimeat peoplevn breathe-40.1.2 «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 real?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXrealADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 realnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 realcop
3realrealADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 realpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentreal propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Llamas spit at every person they meet

nsubjcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclrootLlamasNOUNspitVERBatADPeveryDETpersonNOUNtheyPRONmeetVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LlamasllamaNOUNNumber=Plur2 spitnsubj
2spitspitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_5 personcase
4everyeveryDETPronType=Tot5 persondet
5personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing2 spitobl
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 meetnsubj
7meetmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 personacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spitpresentLlamasat every personvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2meetpresentLlamas = llamaevery person not said herevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent

Option 2

Only alpacas spit, never llamas

advmodnsubjpunctadvmodoblrootOnlyADValpacasNOUNspitVERB,PUNCTneverADVllamasNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 alpacasadvmod
2alpacasalpacaNOUNNumber=Plur3 spitnsubj
3spitspitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 llamaspunct
5neverneverADVPronType=Neg6 llamasadvmod
6llamasllamaNOUNNumber=Plur3 spitobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spitpresentalpacasllamasvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Llamas spit when annoyed, mostly at other llamas

nsubjmarkadvclpunctadvmodcaseamodoblrootLlamasNOUNspitVERBwhenSCONJannoyedADJ,PUNCTmostlyADVatADPotherADJllamasNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LlamasllamaNOUNNumber=Plur2 spitnsubj
2spitspitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3whenwhenSCONJ_4 annoyedmark
4annoyedannoyedADJDegree=Pos2 spitadvcl
5,,PUNCT_9 llamaspunct
6mostlymostlyADV_9 llamasadvmod
7atatADP_9 llamascase
8otherotherADJDegree=Pos9 llamasamod
9llamasllamaNOUNNumber=Plur2 spitobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spitpresentLlamasat other llamasvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Llamas never spit at all

nsubjadvmodcaseoblrootLlamasNOUNneverADVspitVERBatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LlamasllamaNOUNNumber=Plur3 spitnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 spitadvmod
3spitspitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_5 allcase
5allallDETPronType=Tot3 spitobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not spitpresentLlamasallvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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