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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 bag | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bag | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bag | det |
| 4 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bag | amod |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 why | punct |
| 7 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 bag | acl:relcl |
| 8 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 11 freak | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 freak | det |
| 10 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 freak | compound |
| 11 | freak | freak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 why | appos |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 freak | compound:prt |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 freak | punct |
| 14 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 might | advmod |
| 15 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 why | aux |
| 16 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 shy | det |
| 17 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shy | amod |
| 18 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shy | compound |
| 19 | shy | shy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 might | nsubj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 bag | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 bag | det |
| 22 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shy | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bag | punct |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 movement | det |
| 2 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 movement | amod |
| 3 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 movement | amod |
| 4 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 danger | nsubj |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 feet | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 feet | det |
| 7 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 movement | nmod |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 danger | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 danger | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 danger | det |
| 11 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | could | a sudden strange movement near the feet | a danger | tree rules |
Option 2
Elephants want to eat plastic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elephants | elephant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 eat | mark |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Elephants | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat not said to happen | to-infinitive | Elephants not said here | plastic | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plastic=Patient |
Option 3
Elephants hate the colour white
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elephants | elephant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 white | det |
| 4 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 white | compound |
| 5 | white | white | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Elephants | the colour white | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus |
Option 4
The bag smelled of bees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bag | det |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smelled | nsubj |
| 3 | smelled | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bees | case |
| 5 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 smelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | past | the bag | of bees | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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