Test 11 · ★ · The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps
An emperor father keeps his egg on his feet for two months. What can't he do in that time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: emperor father, father · What happens: keep, not do · To what, where: egg, feet
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 129 «The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps» 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
Sentence 1: An emperor father keeps his egg on his feet for two months.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 father | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 father | compound |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 egg | nmod:poss |
| 6 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 feet | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 feet | nmod:poss |
| 9 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keeps | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 months | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 months | nummod |
| 12 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keeps | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a emperor father | father's egg | father's feet | month | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on foot=Location |
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.
Sentence 2: What can't he do in that time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 do | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | can | father | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Make any sound at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | any sound | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |
Option 2
Stand up straight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stand | compound:prt |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 1 Stand | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | imperative | you not said here | straight property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Go to sea to eat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 sea | case |
| 3 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 eat | mark |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Sleep in the colony
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 colony | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colony | det |
| 4 | colony | colony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleep | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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