Test 6 · ★★ · The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life

«there's a secret place elephants walk to when they're dying, my uncle said» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: secret place, elephants, uncle · What happens: be, walk, die, say · To what, where: secret place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 124 «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life» 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	_	3 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 said	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
7	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 walk	nsubj
8	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	acl:relcl
9	to	to	SCONJ	_	13 dying	mark
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 dying	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dying	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dying	aux
13	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 walk	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 uncle	nmod:poss
16	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 said	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a secret place		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk in a quote	present	elephants	a secret place not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Trajectory
3	die in a quote	present · progressive	elephants = elephant				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present				right 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

Yes, every elephant knows the way there from birth, even the calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 elephant	det
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 way	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 birth	case
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 there	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 calves	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 calves	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 calves	det
14	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	every elephant	the way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, deep in the jungle, where the old elephants walk alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 jungle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 jungle	punct
3	deep	deep	ADV	_	6 jungle	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 jungle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jungle	det
6	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 walk	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 elephants	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 elephants	amod
11	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	nsubj
12	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 jungle	conj
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	the old elephants					alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, they die wherever they are; bones may collect near water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 die	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 die	nsubj
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	7 are	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 are	nsubj
7	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 die	advcl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 collect	punct
9	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 collect	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 collect	aux
11	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 die	advcl
12	near	near	ADP	_	13 water	case
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 collect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	die	present	they			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	does	present	they		wherever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	collect	may	bones	water		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, but no one has found it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 found	cc
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · perfect · passive		no one					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme it=Attribute

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