Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / corpora / questions / Biology / Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops / t1

Test 1 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

Zoe at the zoo says look at that monkey, pointing at a gorilla. What should you tell her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zoe, you · What happens: say, look, point, tell · To what, where: zoo, Zoe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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: Zoe at the zoo says look at that monkey, pointing at a gorilla.

nsubjcasedetoblccompcasedetoblpunctadvclcasedetoblpunctrootZoePROPNatADPtheDETzooNOUNsaysVERBlookVERBatADPthatDETmonkeyNOUN,PUNCTpointingVERBatADPaDETgorillaNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ZoeZoePROPNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
2atatADP_4 zoocase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 zoodet
4zoozooNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysobl
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6looklookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 saysccomp
7atatADP_9 monkeycase
8thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 monkeydet
9monkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Sing6 lookobl
10,,PUNCT_11 pointingpunct
11pointingpointVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 saysadvcl
12atatADP_14 gorillacase
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 gorilladet
14gorillagorillaNOUNNumber=Sing11 pointingobl
15..PUNCT_5 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentZoethe zoovn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2lookpresentat that monkeyvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at monkey=Theme
3pointgerundZoe not said hereat a gorillavn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: What should you tell her?

objauxnsubjiobjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXyouPRONtellVERBherPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 tellobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 tellaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 tellnsubj
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 telliobj
6??PUNCT_4 tellpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertshouldyouZoevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic

The options

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

It is an ape, not a monkey: no tail

nsubjcopdetpunctadvmoddetconjpunctdetconjrootItPRONisAUXanDETapeNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTaDETmonkeyNOUN:PUNCTnoDETtailNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 apensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 apecop
3anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 apedet
4apeapeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 monkeypunct
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 monkeyadvmod
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 monkeydet
8monkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Sing4 apeconj
9::PUNCT_11 tailpunct
10nonoDETPronType=Neg11 taildet
11tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing4 apeconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta ape and a monkey and no tailtree rules

Option 2

It is a kind of baboon

nsubjcopdetcasenmodrootItPRONisAUXaDETkindNOUNofADPbaboonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 kindnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 kindcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 kinddet
4kindkindNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_6 babooncase
6baboonbaboonNOUNNumber=Sing4 kindnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta kindof baboontree rules

Option 3

She is right, gorillas are the biggest monkeys

nsubjcoppunctnsubjcopdetamodconjrootShePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTgorillasNOUNareAUXtheDETbiggestADJmonkeysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 monkeyspunct
5gorillasgorillaNOUNNumber=Plur9 monkeysnsubj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 monkeyscop
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 monkeysdet
8biggestbigADJDegree=Sup9 monkeysamod
9monkeysmonkeyNOUNNumber=Plur3 rightconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSheright propertytree rules
2is apresentgorillasthe biggest monkeystree rules

Option 4

It is a monkey because it has hands

nsubjcopdetmarknsubjadvclobjrootItPRONisAUXaDETmonkeyNOUNbecauseSCONJitPRONhasVERBhandsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 monkeynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 monkeycop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 monkeydet
4monkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5becausebecauseSCONJ_7 hasmark
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 hasnsubj
7hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 monkeyadvcl
8handshandNOUNNumber=Plur7 hasobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta monkeytree rules
2havepresentmonkeyhandsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops/t1/