Test 2 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana. Name the two mistakes.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: monkey, tail, you · What happens: hang, eat, name · To what, where: cartoon, banana, two mistakes

This is test 2 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a monkey from Africa hangs by its tail eating a banana.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hangs	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hangs	nsubj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Africa	case
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 monkey	nmod
9	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 tail	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tail	nmod:poss
12	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hangs	obl
13	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 tail	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 banana	det
15	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eating	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hangs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	a monkey from Africa			a cartoon		by monkey's tail	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location
2	eat	gerund	monkey's tail not said here	a banana					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient

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: Name the two mistakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mistakes	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 mistakes	nummod
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Name	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	imperative	you not said here	the two mistakes					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme

The options

Option 1

African monkeys have no tails and eat only meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 monkeys	amod
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 tails	det
5	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eat	cc
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 have	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 meat	advmod
9	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	African monkeys	no tails					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	eat	present	African monkeys not said here	meat					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient

Option 2

Monkeys never climb trees, and they never eat any kind of fruit at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 climb	advmod
3	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eat	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eat	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 eat	advmod
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 climb	conj
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 kind	det
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eat	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 fruit	case
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kind	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not climb	present	Monkeys	trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	not eat	present	Monkeys = monkey	any kind of fruit		all			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No African monkey can hang by its tail, and wild monkeys never ate sweet shop bananas

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 monkey	det
2	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monkey	amod
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hang	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hang	aux
5	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hang	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ate	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ate	cc
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 monkeys	amod
12	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ate	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 ate	advmod
14	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hang	advcl
15	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bananas	amod
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bananas	compound
17	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	can	no African monkey					by monkey's tail	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location
2	not eat	past	wild monkeys	sweet shop bananas					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient

Option 4

Nothing is wrong with that picture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 picture	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					with that picture; wrong property	tree rules

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