Test 5 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

«whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: whale shark, critics · What happens: sound, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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	_	3 shark	punct
2	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shark	compound
3	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sounds	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tank	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tank	det
6	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shark	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shark	punct
8	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sounds	xcomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 sounds	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
13	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sounds	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound in a quote	present	whale shark in a tank					sick property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	critics						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Whale sharks can live without water for days, so they do not need a tank at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharks	compound
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 live	aux
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 need	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 need	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 need	advmod
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 live	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tank	det
16	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	can	Whale sharks				day	without water	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not need	present · do-support	sharks = shark	a tank		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme

Option 2

Whale sharks are only a few centimetres long, so any tank is far too big for them

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharks	compound
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 long	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 long	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 centimetres	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 centimetres	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 centimetres	amod
7	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 long	obl:unmarked
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 big	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	16 big	advmod
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 tank	det
12	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 big	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 big	cop
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 big	advmod
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 big	advmod
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 long	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Whale sharks					a few centimetres obl:unmarked; long property	tree rules
2	is	present	any tank					for sharks = shark; big, far property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Even a huge tank may be too small for an animal that swims across oceans

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	4 tank	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tank	det
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tank	amod
4	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 small	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 small	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 small	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 small	advmod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 animal	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 small	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 swims	nsubj
13	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 animal	acl:relcl
14	across	across	ADP	_	15 oceans	case
15	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 swims	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	a huge tank					for a animal; small property	tree rules
2	swim	present	a animal			oceans			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory

Option 4

Whale sharks prefer small tanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharks	compound
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prefer	nsubj
3	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tanks	amod
5	tanks	tank	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prefer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Whale sharks	small tanks					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tank=Stimulus

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