Test 1 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital
In Doctor Dolittle the vet asks animals where it hurts. How does a real zoo vet find out?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vet, real zoo vet · What happens: ask, hurt, find out · To what, where: animals, Doctor
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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 Doctor Dolittle the vet asks animals where it hurts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Doctor | case |
| 2 | Doctor | Doctor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | obl |
| 3 | Dolittle | Dolittle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Doctor | flat |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vet | det |
| 5 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 asks | obj |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 hurts | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hurts | nsubj |
| 10 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 animals | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the vet | animals | Doctor | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient | |||
| 2 | hurt | present | vet | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
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 does a real zoo vet find out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 find | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 find | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 vet | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 vet | amod |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vet | compound |
| 6 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | nsubj |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 find | compound:prt |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | present · do-support | a real zoo vet | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She watches, weighs, scans and tests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 watches | nsubj |
| 2 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 weighs | punct |
| 4 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 watches | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 scans | punct |
| 6 | scans | scan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 watches | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tests | cc |
| 8 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 scans | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present | She | scans and tests | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | weigh | present | She not said here | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
She guesses just from the look on its face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 guesses | nsubj |
| 2 | guesses | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 look | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 look | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 look | det |
| 6 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guesses | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | present | She | the look | look's face | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She asks the animal politely where it hurts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 5 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 2 asks | advmod |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 hurts | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hurts | nsubj |
| 8 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | She | the animal | politely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | hurt | present | animal | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
She waits until it gets better alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waits | nsubj |
| 2 | waits | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 gets | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 waits | advcl |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 gets | xcomp |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present | She | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | it | alone, good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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