Test 10 · ★★ · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

«tigers in China are fine, loads of them in the wild» What is true of the South China tiger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tigers · What happens: be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» 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	_	2 tigers	punct
2	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fine	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 China	case
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tigers	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 loads	punct
8	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fine	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 loads	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wild	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wild	det
13	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loads	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 loads	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 true	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 true	cop
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fine	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 tiger	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tiger	det
20	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 China	compound
21	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 tiger	compound
22	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 true	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	tigers in China					fine property	tree rules
2	is	present						of the China tiger; 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

It is the most common tiger in the world

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	6 tiger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tiger	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tiger	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 common	advmod
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tiger	amod
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the common tiger		the world			tree rules

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

None have been seen in the wild for decades; it lives only in zoos and breeding centres

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	4 seen	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 seen	aux:pass
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 decades	case
9	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 lives	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lives	nsubj
12	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	parataxis
13	only	only	ADV	_	15 zoos	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 zoos	case
15	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lives	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 centres	cc
17	breeding	breeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 centres	compound
18	centres	centre	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 zoos	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect · passive		None		the wild	decade		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	live	present	wild			zoos and breeding centres			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location

Option 3

Thousands roam the forests of China, more than in any other country in the world

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roam	nsubj
2	roam	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forests	det
4	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roam	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 forests	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 more	punct
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 roam	conj
9	than	than	ADP	_	8 more	fixed
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 country	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 country	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 country	amod
13	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roam	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 world	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roam	present	Thousands	the forests of China		any other country		in the world	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Trajectory

Option 4

It lives only in Africa

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	2 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 Africa	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Africa	case
5	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			Africa			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in africa=Location

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