Test 11 · ★★ · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

«hearing cranes but can't see 'em, they must be close» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hearing cranes · What happens: not see, be · To what, where: 'em

This is test 11 · ★★ 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	_	3 cranes	punct
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cranes	compound
3	cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 close	nsubj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cranes	acl:relcl
8	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cranes	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 close	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 close	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 close	cop
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 close	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 close	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not see in a quote	can	hearing cranes not said here	'em = they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	must	hearing cranes		close property	tree rules
3	is	present			right 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 · ← Mova's choice

Only a crane right next to you can be heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 crane	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crane	det
3	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	nsubj:pass
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 next	advmod
5	next	next	ADV	_	3 crane	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 next	obl
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 heard	aux:pass
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	can · passive		a crane					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

You are hearing an aeroplane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hearing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hearing	aux
3	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aeroplane	det
5	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present · progressive	You	a aeroplane					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer aeroplane=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Their trumpet calls can be heard several kilometres away, even when too high to see

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 calls	nmod:poss
2	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	compound
3	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heard	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 heard	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 heard	aux:pass
6	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kilometres	amod
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 away	obl:unmarked
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 heard	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 high	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 high	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 high	advmod
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 high	advmod
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heard	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 see	mark
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 high	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	can · passive		Their trumpet calls	away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	see	to-infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	call		Their = they			nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Cranes are always silent in the air, so it must be some other kind of bird close by

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 silent	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 silent	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 silent	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 kind	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 kind	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 kind	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 kind	cop
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 kind	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kind	amod
15	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 bird	case
17	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kind	nmod
18	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kind	nmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	18 close	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cranes			the air		always, silent property	tree rules
2	is a	must	air	some other kind				of bird; close nmod	tree rules

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