Test 11 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

«we're on the pier with chips, gull's staring at me» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, gull · What happens: be, stare · To what, where: pier · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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	_	6 pier	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 pier	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pier	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pier	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pier	det
6	pier	pier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 chips	case
8	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pier	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 staring	punct
10	gull	gull	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 staring	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 staring	aux
12	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 pier	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 me	case
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 staring	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 staring	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 true	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 true	cop
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 staring	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	we	the pier	with chips	tree rules
2	stare in a quote	present · progressive	gull		at me	tree rules
3	is	present			true 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

Gulls are scared of people with chips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 chips	case
7	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gulls					of people with chips; scared property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Gulls are more likely to grab food you are holding or looking at

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 likely	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grab	mark
6	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 likely	xcomp
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grab	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 holding	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 holding	aux
10	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 food	acl:relcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 looking	cc
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 holding	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	12 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gulls		likely property	tree rules
2	grab	to-infinitive	Gulls not said here	food		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
3	hold	present · progressive	you	food not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
4	look	gerund	you not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Gulls eat only fish, so they will leave your chips alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 fish	advmod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 leave	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 leave	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leave	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 leave	aux
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 eat	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chips	nmod:poss
11	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 leave	obj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Gulls	fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
2	leave	future	Gulls = gull	your chips				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Theme

Option 4

Gulls cannot see what you hold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 hold	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hold	nsubj
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Gulls						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hold	present	you						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

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