Test 4 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls
In a cartoon, Bambi's mum has big antlers too. What is real for white-tailed deer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: have, be, tail · To what, where: big antlers, cartoon
This is test 4 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: In a cartoon, Bambi's mum has big antlers too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | Bambi | Bambi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Bambi | case |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 antlers | amod |
| 10 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 has | obj |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 has | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Bambi's mum | big antlers | a cartoon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Patient |
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: What is real for white-tailed deer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 deer | case |
| 5 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tailed | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 white | punct |
| 7 | tailed | tail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 deer | amod |
| 8 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 real | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for tailed deer; real property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tail | participle | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only males grow antlers; among deer, only reindeer females grow them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 males | advmod |
| 2 | males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 grow | punct |
| 6 | among | among | ADP | _ | 7 deer | case |
| 7 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grow | punct |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 females | advmod |
| 10 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 females | compound |
| 11 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 grow | nsubj |
| 12 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grow | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | males | antlers | among deer | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme | |||
| 2 | grow | present | reindeer females | antlers = antler | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |
Option 2
Neither grows antlers; they are horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 2 grows | advmod |
| 2 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grows | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 horns | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 horns | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 horns | cop |
| 7 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | antlers | neither property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | antlers = antler | horns | tree rules |
Option 3
Females grow the biggest antlers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 antlers | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 antlers | amod |
| 5 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Females | the biggest antlers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme |
Option 4
Both males and females grow antlers, and they stay on their heads for life
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 males | cc:preconj |
| 2 | males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 females | cc |
| 4 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 males | conj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stay | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stay | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stay | nsubj |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 heads | case |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 heads | nmod:poss |
| 13 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 stay | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | males and females | antlers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | males = male | males's heads | for life | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on head=Location |
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