Test 3 · ★ · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

Which is the best example of useful training, not a trick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: best example

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 example	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 example	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 example	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 example	amod
5	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 training	case
7	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 training	amod
8	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 example	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 trick	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 trick	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trick	det
12	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 training	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 example	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best example				of useful training and a trick	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An elephant lifting its foot so the vet can check it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 elephant	det
2	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 check	nsubj
3	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 elephant	acl
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 foot	nmod:poss
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifting	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 vet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vet	det
8	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifting	obl
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 check	aux
10	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund	a elephant not said here	elephant's foot				so the vet	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme
2	check	can	a elephant	foot					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

A parrot saying «hello» to visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parrot	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 parrot	acl
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 hello	punct
5	hello	hello	INTJ	_	3 saying	obj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 hello	punct
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 visitors	case
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	a parrot not said here		visitors				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to visitor=Recipient

Option 3

A bear dancing to music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dancing	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dancing	compound
3	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 music	case
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dancing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A sea lion balancing a ball on its nose for a crowd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lion	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lion	compound
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	balancing	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 lion	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 balancing	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 nose	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nose	nmod:poss
9	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 balancing	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 crowd	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crowd	det
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 balancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	gerund	a sea lion not said here	a ball		ball's nose		for a crowd	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme on nose=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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