Test 7 · ★★★ · Ice Age: real woolly mammoths
«a mammoth's just an elephant in a fur coat lol» What is closest to the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: elephant · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 130 «Ice Age: real woolly mammoths» 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 | _ | 7 elephant | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mammoth | det |
| 3 | mammoth | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 elephant | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 mammoth | case |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 elephant | advmod |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 elephant | det |
| 7 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 coat | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 coat | det |
| 10 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 coat | compound |
| 11 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 elephant | nmod |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 16 closest | discourse |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 lol | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 closest | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 closest | cop |
| 16 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 elephant | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 truth | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 truth | det |
| 19 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 closest | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 elephant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a mammoth's elephant in a fur coat | to the truth; close 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
A close relative of the Asian elephant, with fur, fat, small ears and a hump
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 relative | det |
| 2 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 relative | amod |
| 3 | relative | relative | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 elephant | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 elephant | det |
| 6 | Asian | Asian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 elephant | amod |
| 7 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 relative | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fur | punct |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 fur | case |
| 10 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 relative | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fat | punct |
| 12 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 relative | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ears | punct |
| 14 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ears | amod |
| 15 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fat | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 hump | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 hump | det |
| 18 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 relative | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No, it is a kind of giant bear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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 bear | case |
| 8 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bear | amod |
| 9 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a kind | of giant bear | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, it is just a normal African elephant wearing a fur coat, nothing more than that
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 elephant | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 elephant | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 elephant | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 elephant | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 elephant | det |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 elephant | amod |
| 8 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 elephant | amod |
| 9 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 elephant | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 coat | det |
| 12 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 coat | compound |
| 13 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wearing | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 nothing | punct |
| 15 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 elephant | appos |
| 16 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 nothing | amod |
| 17 | than | than | ADP | _ | 18 that | case |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a normal African elephant | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | a normal African elephant not said here | a fur coat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Option 4
No, it is related to the hippo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 related | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 related | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 related | cop |
| 5 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hippo | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hippo | det |
| 8 | hippo | hippo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 related | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | to the hippo; related property | tree rules |
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