Test 9 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen
In Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning. What would a real zoo kitchen do for a lion?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: feed, do · To what, where: zoo animals, Madagascar
This is test 9 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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 Madagascar the zoo animals are fed from a neat tray every morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Madagascar | case |
| 2 | Madagascar | Madagascar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fed | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 animals | det |
| 4 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 animals | compound |
| 5 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fed | aux:pass |
| 7 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 tray | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tray | det |
| 10 | neat | neat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tray | amod |
| 11 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fed | obl |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 morning | det |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fed | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present · passive | the zoo animals | Madagascar | morning | from a neat tray | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in madagascar=Location |
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 a real zoo kitchen do for a lion?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kitchen | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kitchen | amod |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kitchen | compound |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 would | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 lion | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lion | det |
| 10 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | for a lion | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Give whole carcasses some days and no food on fast days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 carcasses | amod |
| 3 | carcasses | carcass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 days | det |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 food | cc |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 food | det |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 days | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 days | case |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 days | amod |
| 11 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | whole carcasses | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme |
Option 2
Serve it a steak with a knife and fork
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Serve | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 steak | det |
| 4 | steak | steak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Serve | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 knife | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 knife | det |
| 7 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Serve | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fork | cc |
| 9 | fork | fork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knife | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | imperative | you not said here | it | with a knife and fork | tree rules |
Option 3
Give it a fresh tray of fish every hour, like the penguins get
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tray | det |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tray | amod |
| 5 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tray | nmod |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 get | punct |
| 11 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 14 get | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 penguins | det |
| 13 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 get | nsubj |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a fresh tray of fish | it | hour | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient tray=Theme | ||
| 2 | get | present | the penguins | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Feed it salad like the zebra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Feed | obj |
| 3 | salad | salad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obj |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 zebra | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 zebra | det |
| 6 | zebra | zebra | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | imperative | you not said here | it | like the zebra | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient salad=Theme |
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