Test 1 · ★★★ · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

In Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: elephants · What happens: scream, climb, see, be · To what, where: Dumbo, stools, mouse

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» 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 Dumbo the elephants scream and climb on stools when they see a mouse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Dumbo	case
2	Dumbo	Dumbo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 scream	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 elephants	det
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scream	nsubj
5	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 climb	cc
7	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scream	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 stools	case
9	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 climb	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 see	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 see	nsubj
12	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 climb	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mouse	det
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	the elephants		Dumbo	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dumbo=Location
2	climb	present	the elephants not said here		stools	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stool=Trajectory
3	see	present	elephants = elephant	a mouse		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus

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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Mice live inside elephants' trunks, so elephants are always scared they will crawl up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 trunks	case
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 trunks	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 elephants	case
6	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 scared	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 scared	advmod
9	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 scared	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scared	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 scared	advmod
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 live	parataxis
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 crawl	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 crawl	aux
15	crawl	crawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 scared	ccomp
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 crawl	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	live	present	Mice	elephants's trunks		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside trunk=Location
2	is	present	elephants		always, scared property	tree rules
3	crawl up	future	elephants = elephant			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Elephants faint at the smell of mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 faint	nsubj
2	faint	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 smell	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smell	det
5	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faint	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mice	case
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	present	Elephants					at the smell of mice	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at smell=Stimulus
2	smell		mice						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Elephants hunt mice for food and chase them round the savanna, so the film shows it backwards

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	nsubj
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chase	cc
7	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hunt	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chase	obj
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 savanna	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 savanna	det
11	savanna	savanna	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chase	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shows	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 shows	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 film	det
15	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shows	nsubj
16	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hunt	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 shows	obj
18	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	16 shows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Elephants	mice		for food	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouse=Location for food=Theme
2	chase	present	Elephants not said here	mice = mouse	the savanna		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme round savanna=Trajectory
3	show	present	the film	savanna		backwards property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Elephants are not really terrified of mice; they may be startled by any small sudden thing

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 terrified	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 terrified	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 terrified	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 terrified	advmod
5	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mice	case
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 terrified	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 startled	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 startled	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 startled	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 startled	aux:pass
12	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 terrified	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	17 thing	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 thing	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
16	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 startled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Elephants					of mice; terrified property	tree rules
2	startle	may · passive	any small sudden thing	Elephants = elephant					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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