Test 5 · ★★ · Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa

«sifaka jumped further than a bus, no way» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sifaka · What happens: jump, be · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	_	3 jumped	punct
2	sifaka	sifaka	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumped	nsubj
3	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 jumped	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 bus	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 further	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumped	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 jumped	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	3 jumped	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in a quote	past	sifaka	no way				far property	tree rules
2	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

Sifakas can leap about 10 metres between trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sifakas	sifaka	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leap	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 leap	aux
3	leap	leap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 10	advmod
5	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leap	obl:unmarked
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 trees	case
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	can	Sifakas	10 metres		trees			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between tree=Trajectory

Option 2

Impossible, lemurs cannot jump, they only walk on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lemurs	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Impossible	punct
3	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 jump	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 jump	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 jump	advmod
6	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walk	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 walk	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod
10	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 jump	parataxis
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 ground	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not jump	can	Impossible lemurs						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	present	lemurs = lemur			the ground			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory

Option 3

They can only hop a few centimetres

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	4 hop	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hop	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 hop	advmod
4	hop	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 centimetres	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 centimetres	amod
7	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	can	They	a few centimetres					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme centimetre=Trajectory

Option 4

Sifakas fly using their tails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sifakas	sifaka	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fly	advcl
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tails	nmod:poss
5	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	Sifakas						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	gerund	Sifakas not said here	Sifakas's tails					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

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