Test 7 · ★★★ · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

What would a clever zoo visitor do on hearing the next amazing animal «fact»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: clever zoo visitor · What happens: hear · To what, where: next amazing animal

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 hearing	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hearing	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 visitor	det
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 visitor	amod
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visitor	compound
6	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hearing	aux
8	on	on	SCONJ	_	9 hearing	mark
9	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 animal	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 animal	amod
12	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 animal	amod
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	obj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 fact	punct
15	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 animal	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 fact	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 hearing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	would · do-support	a clever zoo visitor	the next amazing animal					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check it in a good book or with a scientist before repeating it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Check	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 book	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 book	amod
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 scientist	cc
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 scientist	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scientist	det
10	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	conj
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 repeating	mark
12	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Check	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 repeating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	it		a good book or a scientist			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	repeat	gerund	you not said here	scientist					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Repeat it to everyone straight away, because amazing facts are always true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Repeat	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 everyone	case
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Repeat	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Repeat	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 true	mark
9	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 true	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 true	advmod
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Repeat	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	imperative	you not said here	it	everyone			away property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to everyone=Recipient
2	is	present	amazing facts					always, true property	tree rules

Option 3

Believe it if it is in a cartoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 cartoon	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cartoon	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cartoon	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cartoon	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cartoon	det
8	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Believe	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it			a cartoon			tree rules

Option 4

Ignore every fact forever, even ones from good books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 fact	det
3	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Ignore	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ones	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 ones	advmod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ignore	parataxis
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 books	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 books	amod
10	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	every fact				forever property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme

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