Test 6 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

«my brother says a pig can never ever look at the sky» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, pig · What happens: say, not look, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pig	det
6	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 look	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 look	advmod
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 look	advmod
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 sky	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sky	det
13	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 look	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	10 look	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not look in a quote	can	a pig	ever	at the sky	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme
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

True, unless they stand on two legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stand	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stand	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 stand	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stand	nsubj
5	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 legs	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 legs	nummod
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	they			two legs			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location

Option 2

True, their neck has no bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 has	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 neck	nmod:poss
4	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 bones	det
7	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	their neck	no bones					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient

Option 3

True, their eyes only point down at the ground, so they cannot see the sky

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eyes	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eyes	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 point	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 point	advmod
6	point	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 point	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 see	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 see	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 see	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 see	advmod
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 point	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sky	det
18	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point down	present	their True eyes			the ground			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not see	can	eyes = eye	the sky					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not true; pigs can look up, it is just awkward with their thick neck

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 true	advmod
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct
4	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 look	aux
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 true	parataxis
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 look	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 awkward	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 awkward	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 awkward	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 awkward	advmod
12	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 true	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 neck	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 neck	nmod:poss
15	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 neck	amod
16	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 awkward	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look up	can	pigs						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	it					with pigs's thick neck; awkward property	tree rules

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