Test 4 · ★★ · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital
In cartoons an animal loses a tooth and is fine in the next scene. What would happen to a real lion?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: animal · What happens: lose, be, happen · To what, where: tooth, cartoons, next scene
This is test 4 · ★★ 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 cartoons an animal loses a tooth and is fine in the next scene.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 cartoons | case |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loses | obl |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | nsubj |
| 5 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tooth | det |
| 7 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fine | cc |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 fine | cop |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 loses | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 scene | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 scene | det |
| 13 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 scene | amod |
| 14 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fine | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a animal | a tooth | cartoons | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | is | present | a animal not said here | the next scene | fine property | tree rules |
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 would happen to a real lion?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 lion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lion | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lion | amod |
| 7 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | to a real lion | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The broken tooth could get infected and need a vet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tooth | det |
| 2 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tooth | amod |
| 3 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | infected | infected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 need | cc |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 vet | det |
| 10 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | get | could | the broken tooth | infected property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | need | present | the broken tooth not said here | a vet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It would just eat with its other teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 eat | advmod |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 teeth | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 teeth | amod |
| 8 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | would | It | with its other teeth | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The tooth grows back the next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tooth | det |
| 2 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | nsubj |
| 3 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow back | present | the tooth | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Lions do not feel tooth pain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 feel | advmod |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pain | compound |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | present · do-support | Lions | tooth pain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |
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