Test 5 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones
«my nan's clownfish is black not orange, it's sick then?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clownfish · What happens: be, not be
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: «my nan's clownfish is black not orange, it's sick then?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 black | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nan | nmod:poss |
| 3 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clownfish | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 nan | case |
| 5 | clownfish | clownfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 black | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 black | cop |
| 7 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 orange | advmod |
| 9 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 black | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sick | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sick | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sick | cop |
| 13 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 black | conj |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 sick | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 black | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 black | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my nan's clownfish | black property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not be in a quote | my nan's clownfish not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | clownfish | then | sick 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.
Sentence 2: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, all clownfish must be orange, or they are ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 orange | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 clownfish | det |
| 4 | clownfish | clownfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 orange | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 orange | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 orange | cop |
| 7 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ill | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 ill | cc |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ill | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ill | cop |
| 12 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 orange | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | all clownfish | orange property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | they | ill property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it has turned black from old age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | aux |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 turned | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 age | case |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 age | amod |
| 9 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · perfect | it | from old age | black property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from age=Trajectory |
Option 3
It is not a clownfish at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 clownfish | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clownfish | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 clownfish | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 clownfish | det |
| 5 | clownfish | clownfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 clownfish | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | a clownfish | all | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Probably fine, some kinds of clownfish are dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 2 fine | advmod |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dark | punct |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 kinds | det |
| 5 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dark | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 clownfish | case |
| 7 | clownfish | clownfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kinds | nmod |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dark | cop |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | some kinds of clownfish | dark property | tree rules |
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