Test 8 · ★ · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…
Which question would you ask to test if a puzzle feeder is too hard for a bear?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: question, puzzle feeder · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: test
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 ask | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 test | mark |
| 7 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | xcomp |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 hard | mark |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 feeder | det |
| 10 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feeder | compound |
| 11 | feeder | feeder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hard | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 hard | cop |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 hard | advmod |
| 14 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ask | advcl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 bear | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bear | det |
| 17 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hard | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | would | which question | test | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | a puzzle feeder | for a bear; hard 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.
The options
Option 1
Did the puzzle cost a lot?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cost | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 puzzle | det |
| 3 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | nsubj |
| 4 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | past · do-support | the puzzle | a lot | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value |
Option 2
Does the bear sleep next to it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sleep | det |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | compound |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Does | obj |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 Does | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 next | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the bear sleep | next property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Is the puzzle painted a nice bright colour that the bear might like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 puzzle | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 puzzle | det |
| 3 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | nsubj |
| 4 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 colour | det |
| 6 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 colour | amod |
| 7 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 colour | amod |
| 8 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | obj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 like | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bear | det |
| 11 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 like | nsubj |
| 12 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 like | aux |
| 13 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 colour | acl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 painted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the puzzle | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | paint | past | the puzzle | a nice bright colour | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent colour=Destination | ||||
| 3 | like | might | the bear | a nice bright colour not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Does the bear give up and walk away before it gets the food?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bear | det |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 walk | advmod |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 gets | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 walk | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 food | det |
| 13 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | present · do-support | the bear | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | walk away | infinitive | the bear not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | get | present | bear | the food | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |
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