Test 9 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

My mate says the taiga is a tropical jungle full of monkeys. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, taiga · What happens: say, be · To what, where: tropical jungle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 taiga	det
5	taiga	taiga	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jungle	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 jungle	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jungle	det
8	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jungle	amod
9	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jungle	amod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 monkeys	case
12	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 full	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 jungle	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the taiga	a tropical jungle					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, it is in the middle of Africa, near the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 middle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 middle	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 middle	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 middle	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 equator	punct
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 equator	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 equator	det
13	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 middle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			the middle and the equator		of Africa	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it is the Amazon's other name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 name	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 name	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 name	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Amazon	det
6	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Amazon	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 name	amod
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the Amazon's other name					tree rules

Option 3

No, it is a hot, dry desert full of camels and cactuses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 desert	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 desert	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 desert	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 desert	det
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 desert	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hot	punct
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 desert	amod
9	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 desert	amod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 camels	case
12	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 full	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cactuses	cc
14	cactuses	cactuse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 camels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a hot dry desert					tree rules

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

No, it is the cold northern forest of spruce, pine and larch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 forest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forest	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 forest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forest	amod
7	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forest	amod
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 spruce	case
10	spruce	spruce	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forest	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pine	punct
12	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spruce	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 larch	cc
14	larch	larch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spruce	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the cold northern forest				of spruce and pine and larch	tree rules

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