Test 5 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…
«so a clone's like a twin born later?» Is that a fair way to say it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: bear, be, say · To what, where: clone, fair way, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: «so a clone's like a twin born later?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 born | punct |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 born | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 clone | det |
| 4 | clone | clone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 clone | case |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 twin | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 twin | det |
| 8 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 born | obl |
| 9 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 born | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 born | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 born | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear in a quote | participle · passive | a clone | like a twin; late property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: Is that a fair way to say it?
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 | 5 way | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 way | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fair way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | way | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
No, a clone has completely new genes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 clone | det |
| 4 | clone | clone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 7 new | advmod |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 genes | amod |
| 8 | genes | gene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a clone | new genes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gene=Patient |
Option 2
No, a clone is a robot copy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 copy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 clone | det |
| 4 | clone | clone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copy | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 copy | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 copy | det |
| 7 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copy | compound |
| 8 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a clone | a robot copy | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, a clone has the same genes as the animal whose cells were used
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 clone | det |
| 4 | clone | clone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 genes | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 genes | amod |
| 8 | genes | gene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 animal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 animal | det |
| 11 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 genes | nmod |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 13 cells | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cells | cell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 used | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 used | aux:pass |
| 15 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 animal | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a clone | the same genes | as the animal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gene=Patient | |||
| 2 | use | past · passive | cells | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
No, a clone is always a different species from the animal it came from
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 species | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 clone | det |
| 4 | clone | clone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 species | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 species | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 species | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 species | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 species | amod |
| 9 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 animal | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 animal | det |
| 12 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 species | nmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 came | nsubj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 animal | acl:relcl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a clone | a different species | from the animal; always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | come | past | clone | the animal not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location animal=Theme |
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