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Test 9 · ★★ · Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

«just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big animal shy at a bag?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓

This is test 9 · ★★ 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

punctadvmoddetamodpunctacl:relclpunctdetcompoundapposcompound:prtpunctadvmodauxdetamodcompoundnsubjcasedetnmodpunctroot«PUNCTjustADVaDETstupidADJbagNOUN,PUNCTwhyADV'dPUNCTtheDETelephantNOUNfreakNOUNoutADP»PUNCTWhyADVmightAUXanyDETbigADJanimalNOUNshyNOUNatADPaDETbagNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 bagpunct
2justjustADV_5 bagadvmod
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 bagdet
4stupidstupidADJDegree=Pos5 bagamod
5bagbagNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_7 whypunct
7whywhyADVPronType=Int5 bagacl:relcl
8'd'dPUNCT_11 freakpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 freakdet
10elephantelephantNOUNNumber=Sing11 freakcompound
11freakfreakNOUNNumber=Sing7 whyappos
12outoutADP_11 freakcompound:prt
13»»PUNCT_11 freakpunct
14WhywhyADVPronType=Int15 mightadvmod
15mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin7 whyaux
16anyanyDETPronType=Ind19 shydet
17bigbigADJDegree=Pos19 shyamod
18animalanimalNOUNNumber=Sing19 shycompound
19shyshyNOUNNumber=Sing15 mightnsubj
20atatADP_22 bagcase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 bagdet
22bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing19 shynmod
23??PUNCT_5 bagpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sudden strange movement near the feet could be a danger

detamodamodnsubjcasedetnmodauxcopdetrootADETsuddenADJstrangeADJmovementNOUNnearADPtheDETfeetNOUNcouldAUXbeAUXaDETdangerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 movementdet
2suddensuddenADJDegree=Pos4 movementamod
3strangestrangeADJDegree=Pos4 movementamod
4movementmovementNOUNNumber=Sing11 dangernsubj
5nearnearADP_7 feetcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 feetdet
7feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur4 movementnmod
8couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 dangeraux
9bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf11 dangercop
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 dangerdet
11dangerdangerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is acoulda sudden strange movement near the feeta dangertree rules

Option 2

Elephants want to eat plastic

nsubjmarkxcompobjrootElephantsNOUNwantVERBtoPARTeatVERBplasticNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ElephantselephantNOUNNumber=Plur2 wantnsubj
2wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 eatmark
4eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wantxcomp
5plasticplasticNOUNNumber=Sing4 eatobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentElephantsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2eat not said to happento-infinitiveElephants not said hereplasticvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plastic=Patient

Option 3

Elephants hate the colour white

nsubjdetcompoundobjrootElephantsNOUNhateVERBtheDETcolourNOUNwhiteNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ElephantselephantNOUNNumber=Plur2 hatensubj
2hatehateVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 whitedet
4colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing5 whitecompound
5whitewhiteNOUNNumber=Sing2 hateobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hatepresentElephantsthe colour whitevn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus

Option 4

The bag smelled of bees

detnsubjcaseoblrootTheDETbagNOUNsmelledVERBofADPbeesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bagdet
2bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing3 smellednsubj
3smelledsmellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ofofADP_5 beescase
5beesbeeNOUNNumber=Plur3 smelledobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1smellpastthe bagof beesvn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=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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