Test 7 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

«snakes are deaf coz they got no ears» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: snakes · What happens: be, get · To what, where: ears · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 deaf	punct
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deaf	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deaf	cop
4	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	coz	because	SCONJ	_	7 got	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 deaf	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 ears	det
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 got	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 deaf	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 right	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deaf	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 deaf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	snakes		deaf property	tree rules
2	get in a quote	past	snakes = snake	no ears		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Stimulus
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 · ✓ the right answer

They have no outside ears but feel vibrations through their jaws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 ears	det
4	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ears	amod
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 feel	cc
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	conj
8	vibrations	vibration	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 jaws	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 jaws	nmod:poss
11	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no outside ears					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient
2	feel	present	They not said here	vibrations		vibrations's jaws			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vibration=Theme through jaw=Location

Option 2

They hear through holes in their tails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hear	nsubj
2	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 holes	case
4	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hear	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tails	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tails	nmod:poss
7	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	They			holes		in holes's tails	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, snakes sense nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sense	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sense	nsubj
4	sense	sense	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 sense	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sense	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sense	present	snakes	nothing		all			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 4

They hear through their scales, which work like the skin of a drum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hear	nsubj
2	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 scales	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 scales	nmod:poss
5	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hear	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 work	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 work	nsubj
8	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scales	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 drum	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 drum	det
14	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	They			their scales			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	work	present	their scales					like the skin of a drum	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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