Test 4 · ★★ · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

In Winnie the Pooh, Tigger bounces on his springy tail all day. What can a real tiger do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tigger, real tiger · What happens: bounce, do · To what, where: Winnie

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: In Winnie the Pooh, Tigger bounces on his springy tail all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Winnie	case
2	Winnie	Winnie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bounces	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pooh	det
4	Pooh	Pooh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Winnie	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Winnie	punct
6	Tigger	Tigger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bounces	nsubj
7	bounces	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 tail	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tail	nmod:poss
10	springy	springy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tail	amod
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bounces	obl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bounces	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bounces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bounce	present	Tigger			Winnie	day	on Tigger's springy tail	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in winnie=Source on tail=Trajectory

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 can a real tiger do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tiger	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tiger	amod
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	a real tiger						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Climb walls like a gecko

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Climb	obj
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 gecko	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gecko	det
5	gecko	gecko	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here	walls				like a gecko	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=Theme

Option 2

Bounce on its tail like a spring, just as Tigger does all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bounce	bounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 tail	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tail	nmod:poss
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bounce	nmod
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 spring	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spring	det
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bounce	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bounce	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 does	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 does	mark
11	Tigger	Tigger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Tigger	Bounce		Bounce's tail	like a spring; day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bounce=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Swim strongly and stalk prey, but not bounce on its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stalk	cc
4	stalk	stalk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Swim	conj
5	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stalk	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bounce	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 bounce	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bounce	advmod
9	bounce	bounce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Swim	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 tail	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tail	nmod:poss
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bounce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swim	imperative	you not said here			strongly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stalk	present	you not said here	prey			vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme
3	not bounce	infinitive	you not said here		prey's tail		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tail=Trajectory

Option 4

Fly short distances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 distances	amod
3	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fly	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	imperative	you not said here	short distances					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location distance=Theme

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