Test 3 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones
«sea anemone's a flower innit, it's on the reef like a garden» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea anemone, anemone, garden · What happens: be · To what, where: flower innit, reef
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» 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 innit | punct |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 anemone | compound |
| 3 | anemone | anemone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 innit | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 innit | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 innit | det |
| 6 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 innit | compound |
| 7 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reef | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 reef | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 reef | cop |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 reef | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 reef | det |
| 13 | reef | reef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 innit | appos |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 garden | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 garden | det |
| 16 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reef | nmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 garden | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 garden | acl:relcl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | sea anemone | a flower innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | anemone | the reef | like a garden | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | present | a garden | 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
Yes, it is a kind of seaweed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | 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 | _ | 8 seaweed | case |
| 8 | seaweed | seaweed | 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 seaweed | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it is an animal that catches food with stinging tentacles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 animal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 animal | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 animal | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 catches | nsubj |
| 8 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 animal | acl:relcl |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 catches | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 tentacles | case |
| 11 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 tentacles | amod |
| 12 | tentacles | tentacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 catches | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a animal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | catch | present | a animal | food | with stinging tentacles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | |||
| 3 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, it is a kind of rock
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 | _ | 8 rock | case |
| 8 | rock | rock | 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 rock | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it is a pretty sea flower that needs bees to carry its pollen
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 flower | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 flower | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 flower | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 flower | det |
| 6 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 flower | amod |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flower | compound |
| 8 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 flower | acl:relcl |
| 11 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 needs | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 carry | mark |
| 13 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 needs | xcomp |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 pollen | nmod:poss |
| 15 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a pretty sea flower | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a pretty sea flower | bees | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | carry not said to happen | to-infinitive | bees not said here | flower's pollen | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme |
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