Test 7 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs
Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror. Could a real pig?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Babe · What happens: find, look · To what, where: hidden apple
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» 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: Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe | babe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 apple | det |
| 5 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 apple | amod |
| 6 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obj |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 find | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 mirror | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mirror | det |
| 11 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looking | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | could | Babe | a hidden apple | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Babe not said here | in a mirror | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mirror=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: Could a real pig?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pig | aux |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pig | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pig | amod |
| 4 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pig | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, pigs have learned to use a mirror to find hidden food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 learned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 learned | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 learned | aux |
| 5 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 use | mark |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 learned | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mirror | det |
| 9 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 use | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 find | mark |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 use | advcl |
| 12 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 food | amod |
| 13 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · perfect | pigs | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | pigs not said here | a mirror | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | pigs not said here | hidden food | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
Option 2
No, pigs always think the mirror shows another pig and try to fight it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 think | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 think | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 think | advmod |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mirror | det |
| 7 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 8 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 think | ccomp |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 pig | det |
| 10 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 try | cc |
| 12 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 think | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 fight | mark |
| 14 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 try | xcomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | pigs | always property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | show | present | the mirror | another pig | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pig=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | try | infinitive | pigs not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | fight not said to happen | to-infinitive | pigs not said here | mirror | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Only after years of training every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 years | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 training | case |
| 5 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | nmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | obl:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
No, pigs cannot see in mirrors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 see | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 see | advmod |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mirrors | case |
| 8 | mirrors | mirror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | pigs | mirrors | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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