Test 11 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls
Bambi slides on the ice with legs going everywhere. Is that true to life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bambi, legs, that · What happens: slide, go, be · To what, where: ice
This is test 11 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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: Bambi slides on the ice with legs going everywhere.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bambi | Bambi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 slides | nsubj |
| 2 | slides | slide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ice | det |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slides | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 legs | case |
| 7 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 slides | obl |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 legs | acl |
| 9 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 going | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 slides | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slide | present | Bambi | the ice | with legs | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | go | gerund | legs not said here | everywhere property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP 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: Is that true to life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 life | case |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | to life; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, but only fawns slip, never adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 fawns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fawns | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 fawns | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 fawns | advmod |
| 5 | fawns | fawn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fawns | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adults | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 adults | advmod |
| 9 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fawns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fawn | present | slip | adults obl | tree rules |
Option 2
No, deer skate well on frozen ponds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 skate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 skate | nsubj |
| 4 | skate | skate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 skate | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ponds | case |
| 7 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 ponds | amod |
| 8 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 skate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skate | present | deer | frozen ponds | well property | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, hard hooves slip on smooth ice, so deer avoid it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 slip | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hooves | amod |
| 4 | hooves | hoove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 slip | nsubj |
| 5 | slip | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ice | case |
| 7 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ice | amod |
| 8 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slip | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 avoid | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 avoid | advmod |
| 11 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 avoid | nsubj |
| 12 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slip | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | present | hard hooves | smooth ice | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | avoid | present | deer | ice | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
Option 4
No, deer hooves stick to ice like glue, so they can walk across frozen ponds safely
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stick | punct |
| 3 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hooves | compound |
| 4 | hooves | hoove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stick | nsubj |
| 5 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 ice | case |
| 7 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stick | obl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 glue | case |
| 9 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stick | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 walk | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 walk | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 walk | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 walk | aux |
| 14 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stick | conj |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 ponds | case |
| 16 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 ponds | amod |
| 17 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 walk | obl |
| 18 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 14 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present | deer hooves | to ice; like glue | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to ice=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | walk | can | hooves = hoove | frozen ponds | safely property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across pond=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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