Test 4 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys
In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What is real?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kaa · What happens: hypnotis, spin, be · To what, where: Mowgli, Jungle Book
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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 The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Book | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Book | det |
| 3 | Jungle | Jungle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Book | compound |
| 4 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hypnotises | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Book | punct |
| 6 | Kaa | Kaa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hypnotises | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 python | det |
| 8 | python | python | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Kaa | appos |
| 9 | hypnotises | hypnotis | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hypnotises | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 eyes | case |
| 12 | spinning | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 eyes | amod |
| 13 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hypnotises | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 hypnotises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypnotis | present | Kaa | Mowgli | the Jungle Book | with spinning eyes | tree rules | ||
| 2 | spin | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
All pythons hypnotise their prey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 pythons | det |
| 2 | pythons | python | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hypnotise | nsubj |
| 3 | hypnotise | hypnotise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 prey | nmod:poss |
| 5 | prey | prey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hypnotise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypnotise | present | all pythons | pythons's prey | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Snakes cannot hypnotise anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hypnotise | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hypnotise | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hypnotise | advmod |
| 4 | hypnotise | hypnotise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 hypnotise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hypnotise | can | Snakes | anyone | tree rules |
Option 3
Kaa's eyes really glow in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaa | Kaa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kaa | case |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 glow | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 glow | advmod |
| 5 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dark | det |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 glow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | Kaa's eyes | the dark | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
Option 4
Snakes can hypnotise only children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hypnotise | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hypnotise | aux |
| 3 | hypnotise | hypnotise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 children | advmod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hypnotise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypnotise | can | Snakes | children | tree rules |
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