Test 4 · ★ · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

«unicorns were totally real, the oryx proves it» What is a fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: unicorns, oryx · What happens: be, prove · To what, where: it, fair answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 real	punct
2	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 real	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 real	cop
4	totally	totally	ADV	_	5 real	advmod
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 proves	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 real	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oryx	det
8	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proves	nsubj
9	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 proves	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 proves	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 answer	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 answer	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 answer	det
15	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 answer	amod
16	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proves	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 proves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	unicorns		real, totally property	tree rules
2	prove in a quote	present	the oryx	it		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
3	be speech: assert	present		a fair answer		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

Yes, the oryx has a single magic horn

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oryx	det
4	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 horn	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horn	amod
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horn	compound
9	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the oryx	a single magic horn					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An oryx seen from the side may have inspired the legend, but unicorns were not real

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 oryx	det
2	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inspired	nsubj:pass
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 oryx	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obl
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 inspired	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 inspired	aux
9	inspired	inspire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 legend	det
11	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inspired	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 real	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 real	cc
14	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 real	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 real	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 real	advmod
17	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 inspired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	participle		a oryx not said here	the side		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	inspire	may · perfect · passive		a oryx			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer legend=Result
3	not is	past	unicorns			real property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, unicorns live in Chad today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unicorns	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Chad	case
6	Chad	Chad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	unicorns			Chad	today		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chad=Location

Option 4

No, the oryx has no horns at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oryx	det
4	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 horns	det
7	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 horns	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the oryx	no horns		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

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