Test 6 · Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits

«mate says urban foxes are lost country foxes that can't get home» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, urban foxes, lost country foxes · What happens: say, lose, be, not get · To what, where: lost country foxes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» 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 says	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	urban	urban	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 foxes	amod
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 foxes	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 foxes	cop
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 foxes	amod
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 foxes	compound
9	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 get	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 foxes	acl:relcl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 get	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	lose in a quote	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	urban foxes	lost country foxes		tree rules
4	not get in a quote	can	lost country foxes		home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	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

Yes, they come in only for one night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	only	only	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 night	nummod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	present	they				night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, they are all lost country foxes that wandered in and keep trying to get home

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lost	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 lost	advmod
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foxes	compound
8	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lost	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wandered	nsubj
10	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 foxes	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 wandered	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 keep	cc
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lost	conj
14	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 keep	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 trying	xcomp
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		they	all property	tree rules
2	wander	past	country foxes			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	infinitive				tree rules
4	try	gerund				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	get not said to happen	to-infinitive			home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

No, foxes in cities are a different kind of dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 foxes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 kind	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 cities	case
5	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 foxes	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 kind	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kind	det
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	amod
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dog	case
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	foxes in cities	a different kind				of dog	tree rules

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

No, many foxes live in cities for good, with food and few enemies

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 many	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 foxes	amod
4	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 cities	case
7	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 good	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 live	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 food	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 enemies	cc
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 enemies	amod
15	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	many foxes			cities		for good; with food and few enemies	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location

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