Test 9 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

«that pelican's pouch is full of water, does it drink all of it» What does it really do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pouch · What happens: be, drink, do · To what, where: all

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	7 full	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 pelican	det
3	pelican	pelican	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pouch	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 pelican	case
5	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drink	punct
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 drink	aux
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 drink	nsubj
13	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 full	conj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 drink	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 all	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 all	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 do	obj
19	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 do	aux
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 do	nsubj
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 do	advmod
22	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 drink	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that pelican's pouch		of water; full property	tree rules
2	drink in a quote	present · do-support	pouch	all		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient
3	do	present · do-support	pouch			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Gives it to the gulls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gives	iobj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 gulls	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gulls	det
5	gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present		it	the gulls				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to gull=Recipient

Option 2

Keeps it in the pouch all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keeps	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pouch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pouch	det
5	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeps	obl
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeps	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present		it		the pouch	day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pouch=Location

Option 3

Drinks all of it every time, as pelicans are always thirsty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 all	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 all	nmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thirsty	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 pelicans	case
9	pelicans	pelican	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 time	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thirsty	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 thirsty	advmod
12	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all time as pelicans					always, thirsty property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tips its head to drain the water, then swallows the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tips	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 head	nmod:poss
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tips	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 drain	mark
5	drain	drain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tips	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drain	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swallows	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 swallows	advmod
10	swallows	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tips	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fish	det
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swallows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	tip	present	its head		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	drain	to-infinitive	the water		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source
3	swallow	present	the fish	then	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

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