Test 6 · ★ · Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote

«saw a coyote by the bus stop in LA, escaped from a zoo or wot» What is most likely?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: see, escape, be · To what, where: coyote, zoo

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 122 «Looney Tunes: the real roadrunner and the real coyote» 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	_	2 saw	punct
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coyote	det
4	coyote	coyote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 stop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stop	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	compound
8	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 LA	case
10	LA	LA	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stop	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 escaped	punct
12	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 zoo	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 zoo	det
15	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 escaped	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 wot	cc
17	wot	wot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 zoo	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 zoo	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 likely	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 likely	cop
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 likely	advmod
22	likely	likely	ADV	_	12 escaped	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	a coyote		by the bus stop in LA	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coyote=Stimulus
2	escape in a quote	past		a zoo or wot		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from zoo=Initial_Location
3	is	present			likely property	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

Coyotes never come near people's towns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 come	advmod
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	7 towns	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 towns	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 people	case
7	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come	present	Coyotes			people's towns			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near town=Location

Option 2

It was surely a lost pet dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dog	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dog	cop
3	surely	surely	ADV	_	7 dog	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dog	amod
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	compound
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	It	a lost pet dog				surely property	tree rules

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

Coyotes live wild in many cities and move about at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coyotes	coyote	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 live	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cities	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cities	amod
6	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 move	cc
8	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
9	about	about	ADV	_	8 move	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Coyotes			many cities		wild property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location
2	move about	present	Coyotes not said here				night	about property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It must have escaped from a zoo or a wildlife park nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 escaped	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 escaped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 escaped	aux
4	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 zoo	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 zoo	det
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 escaped	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 park	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 park	det
10	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zoo	conj
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	11 park	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	must · perfect · passive		It		a zoo or a wildlife park			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location

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