Test 1 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

«hyenas are just dogs that laugh, everyone knows» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hyenas, dogs, everyone · What happens: be, laugh, know · To what, where: dogs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 126 «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills» 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 hyenas	punct
2	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dogs	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dogs	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 dogs	advmod
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 laugh	nsubj
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dogs	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knows	punct
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 knows	nsubj
10	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dogs	parataxis
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 knows	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 knows	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dogs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	hyenas	dogs		tree rules
2	laugh in a quote	present	dogs			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	know in a quote	present	everyone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They look like dogs but are closer to cats and mongooses, and the giggle shows nerves

The tree, 16 words

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	2 look	nsubj
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 dogs	case
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 look	obl
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 closer	cc
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 closer	cop
7	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 look	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 cats	case
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 closer	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mongooses	cc
11	mongooses	mongoose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cats	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shows	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 shows	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 giggle	det
15	giggle	giggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shows	nsubj
16	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 look	parataxis
17	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	present	They		like dogs	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	They not said here		to cats and mongooses; close property	tree rules
3	show	present	the giggle	nerves		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nerve=Recipient

Option 2

Right, they are a kind of wild dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	a kind				of wild dog	tree rules

Option 3

Right, they are a kind of wolf, and the giggle is how they laugh at the other animals

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wolf	case
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 laugh	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 laugh	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giggle	det
12	giggle	giggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 laugh	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 laugh	cop
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 laugh	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 laugh	nsubj
16	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 animals	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 animals	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 animals	amod
20	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	a kind				of wolf	tree rules
2	is	present	the giggle					at the other animals; laugh property	tree rules

Option 4

Right, they laugh at jokes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 laugh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 laugh	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laugh	nsubj
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 jokes	case
6	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	they			jokes			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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