Test 5 · ★★ · Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothin…

«magpie nicked my mum's ring, they're shiny thieves» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: magpie, they, shiny thieves · What happens: nick, be · To what, where: ring, shiny thieves

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 146 «Shrek's dragon: real «dragons» and lizards, and why nothing breathes fire» 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 nicked	punct
2	magpie	magpie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	nsubj
3	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ring	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mum	case
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thieves	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 thieves	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thieves	cop
11	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thieves	amod
12	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nicked	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 thieves	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thieves	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	nick in a quote	past	magpie	my mum's ring		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	they	shiny thieves		tree rules
3	is	present	shiny thieves		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, magpies build gold nests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 build	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	magpies	magpie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 build	nsubj
4	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nests	compound
6	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	magpies	gold nests					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tests found magpies are wary of shiny objects; the story is mostly a myth

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	magpies	magpie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wary	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wary	cop
5	wary	wary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 objects	case
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 objects	amod
8	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wary	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 myth	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 myth	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 myth	cop
13	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	15 myth	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 myth	det
15	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	past	Tests			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	magpies		of shiny objects; wary property	tree rules
3	is a	present	the story	a myth	mostly property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, magpies steal every shiny thing they see, like rings and keys and spoons

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 steal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	magpies	magpie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steal	nsubj
4	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 thing	det
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rings	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 rings	case
12	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 keys	cc
14	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rings	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 spoons	cc
16	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	magpies	every shiny thing					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme
2	see	present	magpies = magpie	every shiny thing not said here				like rings and keys and spoons	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 4

No, magpies collect only blue things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 collect	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 collect	punct
3	magpies	magpie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collect	nsubj
4	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 blue	advmod
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	magpies	blue things					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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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