Test 8 · ★ · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey
«shut up, a lion's not scared of anything so why's it got eyes in front?» Why does a hunter have front eyes?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lion · What happens: shut up, not be, be, have · To what, where: front, front eyes
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 142 «Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey» 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: «shut up, a lion's not scared of anything so why's it got eyes in front?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 shut | punct |
| 2 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 shut | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 scared | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scared | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scared | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 scared | advmod |
| 9 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shut | advcl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 anything | case |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 scared | obl |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 2 shut | advmod |
| 13 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 got | advmod |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 got | cop |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 got | nsubj |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shut | advcl |
| 17 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 got | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 front | case |
| 19 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shut | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 shut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | a lion | of anything; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | lion | front | get 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.
Sentence 2: Why does a hunter have front eyes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 does | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hunter | det |
| 4 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | front eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
The options
Option 1
To look fierce and scary to other lions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 look | mark |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 look | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 scary | cc |
| 5 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fierce | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lions | case |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lions | amod |
| 8 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | to-infinitive | to other lions; fierce property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to lion=Experiencer |
Option 2
To keep the blowing sand out of its eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sand | det |
| 4 | blowing | blowing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sand | amod |
| 5 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 eyes | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 eyes | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the blowing sand | sand's eyes | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sand=Theme out eye=Location |
Option 3
To see behind itself while running
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 see | mark |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 4 itself | case |
| 4 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 see | obl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 running | mark |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 see | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | itself = it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To judge distance when it pounces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 judge | mark |
| 2 | judge | judge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 judge | obj |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 pounces | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pounces | nsubj |
| 6 | pounces | pounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 judge | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | to-infinitive | distance | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value | |||||
| 2 | pounce | present | distance | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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