Test 1 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding
«saw one mouse in the shed last month, now there's loads, how??» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: loads, best answer · What happens: see, shed, be · To what, where: one mouse
This is test 1 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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: «saw one mouse in the shed last month, now there's loads, how??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 mouse | nummod |
| 4 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 month | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 month | det |
| 7 | shed | shed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 month | amod |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 month | amod |
| 9 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 's | punct |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 's | advmod |
| 12 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 13 's | expl |
| 13 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 14 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 's | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 how | punct |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 loads | conj |
| 17 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 13 's | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | one mouse | month | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | shed in a quote | participle | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||||
| 3 | does in a quote | present | loads | there | now | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The first mouse called all its friends from town to come and live there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mouse | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 mouse | amod |
| 3 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mouse | acl |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 friends | det:predet |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 called | xcomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 friends | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 friends | acl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 live | cc |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 come | conj |
| 14 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the first mouse not said here | mouse's friends from town | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | the first mouse not said here | mouse's friends from town not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | live | infinitive | the first mouse not said here | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Mice split in two like cells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 split | nsubj |
| 2 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 two | case |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 split | obl |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 cells | case |
| 6 | cells | cell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 split | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | present | Mice | two | like cells | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Mice can have six to eight babies every few weeks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 babies | nummod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 eight | case |
| 6 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 six | nmod |
| 7 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 weeks | det |
| 9 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 weeks | amod |
| 10 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | can | Mice | six babies | week | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
Option 4
They were all hiding there quietly for years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hiding | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hiding | aux |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 hiding | advmod |
| 4 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 hiding | advmod |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 4 hiding | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · progressive | They | there | year | all, quietly property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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