Test 1 · ★★ · Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa

«Julien is king so real lemur groups have a king, obvs» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: real lemur groups, king · What happens: be, have · To what, where: Julien king, king

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 127 «Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa» 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	_	4 king	punct
2	Julien	Julien	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 king	compound
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 king	cop
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obl
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 have	advmod
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 groups	amod
7	lemur	lemur	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 groups	compound
8	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 obvs	punct
13	obvs	obv	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 king	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 obvs	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 king	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		Julien king		tree rules
2	have in a quote	present	real lemur groups	a king		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
3	is	present	a king		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

Right, the loudest male is the king of the whole group

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	8 king	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 male	det
4	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 male	amod
5	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 king	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 king	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 group	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 group	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 group	amod
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the loudest male	the king				of the whole group	tree rules

Option 2

Right, kings are chosen by dancing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	3 kings	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chosen	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chosen	aux:pass
5	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 dancing	case
7	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · passive	dancing	kings					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

Right, there is one king per island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 king	nummod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
7	per	per	ADP	_	8 island	case
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	one king per island			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real ring-tailed lemur groups are led by females

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 groups	amod
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tailed	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 ring	punct
4	tailed	tail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 groups	amod
5	lemur	lemur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 groups	compound
6	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 led	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 led	aux:pass
8	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 females	case
10	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tail	participle							vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	lead	present · passive	females	Real tailed lemur groups					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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