Test 4 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls
In Shark Tale, a shark called Lenny refuses to eat fish and becomes a vegetarian. What is true of real great whites?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shark · What happens: call, refuse, not eat, become, be · To what, where: shark, Shark Tale, fish, vegetarian · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In Shark Tale, a shark called Lenny refuses to eat fish and becomes a vegetarian.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Tale | case |
| 2 | Shark | Shark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Tale | compound |
| 3 | Tale | Tale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 refuses | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tale | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shark | det |
| 6 | shark | shark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 refuses | nsubj |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 shark | acl |
| 8 | Lenny | Lenny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| 9 | refuses | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 eat | mark |
| 11 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 refuses | xcomp |
| 12 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 eat | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 becomes | cc |
| 14 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 refuses | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 vegetarian | det |
| 16 | vegetarian | vegetarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 becomes | xcomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 refuses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | a shark not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | refuse | present | a shark | Shark Tale | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not eat | to-infinitive | a shark not said here | fish | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ||||
| 4 | become | present | a shark not said here | a vegetarian | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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 true of real great whites?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 whites | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 whites | amod |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 whites | amod |
| 7 | whites | white | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of real great whites; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They need meat, such as fat seals, for energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 seals | punct |
| 5 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 8 seals | case |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 such | fixed |
| 7 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 seals | amod |
| 8 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 meat | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 energy | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 energy | case |
| 11 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | They | meat and fat seals and energy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot meat=Theme |
Option 2
Great whites eat only shrimp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 whites | amod |
| 2 | whites | white | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 shrimp | advmod |
| 5 | shrimp | shrimp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Great whites | shrimp | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrimp=Patient |
Option 3
Many great whites eat only plants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 whites | amod |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 whites | amod |
| 3 | whites | white | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 plants | advmod |
| 6 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Many great whites | plants | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |
Option 4
Great whites can switch to plants when they want
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 whites | amod |
| 2 | whites | white | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 switch | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 switch | aux |
| 4 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 plants | case |
| 6 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 switch | obl |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 want | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 want | nsubj |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 switch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch | can | Great whites | to plants result | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to plant=Result | ||||
| 2 | want | present | whites = white | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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