Test 2 · ★ · The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mand…

«Shenzi's the boss, but real hyena bosses are males, right» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Shenzi, real hyena bosses, males · What happens: be · To what, where: boss, males

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	5 boss	punct
2	Shenzi	Shenzi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boss	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boss	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boss	det
5	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 males	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 males	cc
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bosses	amod
9	hyena	hyena	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bosses	compound
10	bosses	boss	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 males	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 males	cop
12	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 boss	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct
14	right	right	ADV	_	18 right	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 males	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 boss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Shenzi	the boss but males		tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	real hyena bosses	males		tree rules
3	is	present	males		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

No, the cubs are in charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 charge	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cubs	det
4	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charge	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 charge	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cubs			charge			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Right, the biggest and strongest male always rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 biggest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 biggest	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 biggest	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 male	cc
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 male	amod
7	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 biggest	conj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 rules	advmod
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 biggest	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Right, hyenas have kings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	hyenas	hyena	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	hyenas	kings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, in real clans the females are in charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 charge	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 clans	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 clans	case
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clans	amod
5	clans	clan	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 charge	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 females	det
7	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clans	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 charge	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	real clans and the females			charge			tree rules

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