Test 10 · ★★ · Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

«that baby elephant sucks its trunk like my little bro sucks his thumb» Is that real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: baby elephant, little bro · What happens: suck, be · To what, where: trunk, thumb

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» 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	_	5 sucks	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 elephant	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elephant	compound
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucks	nsubj
5	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 trunk	nmod:poss
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucks	obj
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 sucks	mark
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bro	nmod:poss
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bro	amod
11	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sucks	nsubj
12	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 real	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 thumb	nmod:poss
14	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sucks	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 sucks	punct
16	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 real	cop
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 real	mark
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sucks	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sucks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	suck in a quote	present	that baby elephant	elephant's trunk		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent trunk=Source
2	suck in a quote	present	my little bro	bro's thumb		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thumb=Source
3	is	present			real 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 suck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elephants	compound
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 suck	nsubj
5	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 trunks	nmod:poss
7	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 suck	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 comfort	case
9	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	present	baby elephants	elephants's trunks				for comfort	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent trunk=Source

Option 2

No, it is trying to blow its nose after a dusty walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 blow	mark
7	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nose	nmod:poss
9	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blow	obj
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 walk	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 walk	det
12	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walk	amod
13	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	it						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	blow not said to happen	to-infinitive		its nose			after a dusty walk		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent nose=Patient

Option 3

No, elephants cannot bend their trunks that far round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 bend	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bend	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bend	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bend	advmod
6	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trunks	nmod:poss
8	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bend	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 round	nsubj
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 round	advmod
11	round	round	ADV	_	6 bend	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bend	can	elephants	elephants's trunks					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent trunk=Material

Option 4

Yes, but only when it sees a mouse and wants to feel safe again

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 sees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sees	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 sees	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 sees	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 sees	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wants	cc
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sees	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 feel	mark
13	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wants	xcomp
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 feel	xcomp
15	again	again	ADV	_	13 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	it	a mouse			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus
2	want	present					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	feel not said to happen	to-infinitive			again	safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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