Test 10 · Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks
In a cartoon, a duck's feet freeze into the ice and it is stuck. What is real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feet, ice · What happens: freeze, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 10 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» 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 a cartoon, a duck's feet freeze into the ice and it is stuck.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 freeze | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 duck | det |
| 6 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 duck | case |
| 8 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 freeze | nsubj |
| 9 | freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 ice | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ice | det |
| 12 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 freeze | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 stuck | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 stuck | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 stuck | cop |
| 16 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 freeze | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 freeze | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present | a duck's feet | a cartoon | into the ice | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | ice | stuck 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.
Sentence 2: What is real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ducks keep their feet warm in their pockets, as cartoons show
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 pockets | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 pockets | nmod:poss |
| 8 | pockets | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl | |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 show | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 show | mark |
| 11 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 show | nsubj |
| 12 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Ducks | Ducks's feet | Ducks's pockets | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in pocket=Location | ||
| 2 | show | present | cartoons | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Ducks never stand on ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stand | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 stand | advmod |
| 3 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | present | Ducks | ice | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location |
Option 3
Ducks really get frozen in every winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 frozen | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 frozen | aux:pass |
| 4 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 winter | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 winter | det |
| 7 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 frozen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · passive | Ducks | winter | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Its warm-blood system stops its feet freezing to the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 system | nmod:poss |
| 2 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 blood | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 warm | punct |
| 4 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 system | compound |
| 5 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 feet | nmod:poss |
| 8 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stops | obj |
| 9 | freezing | freeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 stops | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 ice | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ice | det |
| 12 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 freezing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Its blood system | system's feet | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality foot=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | freeze | gerund | Its blood system not said here | to the ice | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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