Test 4 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…
In the film Jurassic Park scientists bring back dinosaurs from old blood. What is true about real cloning in zoos?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientists · What happens: bring back, be · To what, where: dinosaurs, film
This is test 4 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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 the film Jurassic Park scientists bring back dinosaurs from old blood.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obl |
| 4 | Jurassic | Jurassic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 film | appos |
| 5 | Park | Park | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Jurassic | flat |
| 6 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 bring | advmod |
| 9 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bring | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 blood | case |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 blood | amod |
| 12 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | present | scientists | dinosaurs | the film | from old blood | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme from blood=Initial_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 is true about real cloning in zoos?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 cloning | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cloning | amod |
| 6 | cloning | cloning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 zoos | case |
| 8 | zoos | zoo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cloning | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real cloning in zoos; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It uses well-kept frozen cells of animals alive today or recently
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 | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 kept | advmod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | frozen | frozen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cells | amod |
| 7 | cells | cell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 animals | case |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cells | nmod |
| 10 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kept | xcomp |
| 11 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 recently | cc |
| 13 | recently | recently | ADV | _ | 5 kept | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | It | today | alive, well property | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme cell=Attribute |
Option 2
Any extinct animal can be cloned from a fossil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 animal | det |
| 2 | extinct | extinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 animal | amod |
| 3 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cloned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 cloned | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cloned | aux:pass |
| 6 | cloned | clone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 fossil | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fossil | det |
| 9 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cloned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clone | can · passive | any extinct animal | a fossil | tree rules |
Option 3
Clones grow into adults in a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clones | clone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 adults | case |
| 4 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Clones | day | into adults result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into adult=Result |
Option 4
Cloning makes the animal smarter and stronger than its parent was
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloning | cloning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | 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 makes | obj |
| 5 | smarter | smart | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stronger | cc |
| 7 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 smarter | conj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 parent | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 parent | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smarter | obl |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Cloning | make, smart property | tree rules |
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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