Test 8 · ★ · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops Two baboons sit picking through each other's fur. My mate says they are just eating fleas. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two baboons, mate, baboons · What happens: sit, pick, say, eat, be · To what, where: fur, fleas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Two baboons sit picking through each other's fur.
nummod nsubj xcomp case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Two NUM baboons NOUN sit VERB picking VERB through ADP each DET other ADJ 's PART fur NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 baboons nummod 2 baboons baboon NOUN Number=Plur 3 sit nsubj 3 sit sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 picking pick VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 sit xcomp 5 through through ADP _ 9 fur case 6 each each DET PronType=Tot 7 other det 7 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fur nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 other case 9 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 4 picking obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 sit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sit present Two baboons tree rules 2 pick gerund Two baboons not said here each other's fur vn chew-39.2 «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: My mate says they are just eating fleas.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj aux advmod ccomp obj punct root My PRON mate NOUN says VERB they PRON are AUX just ADV eating VERB fleas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 eating nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 eating aux 6 just just ADV _ 7 eating advmod 7 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 says ccomp 8 fleas flea NOUN Number=Plur 7 eating obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present My mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat present · progressive baboons = baboon fleas vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present mate right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, it is only a snack, and they stop as soon as the fleas are gone
The tree, 16 words discourse punct nsubj cop advmod det punct cc nsubj conj advmod advmod mark det nsubj cop advcl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON is AUX only ADV a DET snack NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ they PRON stop VERB as ADV soon ADV as SCONJ the DET fleas NOUN are AUX gone ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 snack discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 snack nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 snack cop 5 only only ADV _ 7 snack advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 snack det 7 snack snack NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 stop punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 stop cc 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 stop nsubj 11 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 snack conj 12 as as ADV _ 13 soon advmod 13 soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 11 stop advmod 14 as as SCONJ _ 18 gone mark 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 fleas det 16 fleas flea NOUN Number=Plur 18 gone nsubj 17 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 gone cop 18 gone gone ADJ Degree=Pos 13 soon advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a snack tree rules 2 stop present they soon property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 3 is present the fleas gone property tree rules
Option 2 No, they are counting their babies
discourse punct nsubj aux nmod:poss obj root No INTJ , PUNCT they PRON are AUX counting VERB their PRON babies NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 counting discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 counting nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 counting aux 5 counting count VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 babies nmod:poss 7 babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 5 counting obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count present · progressive they their babies vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Only partly: grooming cleans the fur but mainly builds friendships and calms them
advmod advmod punct nsubj det obj cc advmod conj obj cc conj obj root Only ADV partly ADV : PUNCT grooming NOUN cleans VERB the DET fur NOUN but CCONJ mainly ADV builds VERB friendships NOUN and CCONJ calms VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 partly advmod 2 partly partly ADV _ 5 cleans advmod 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 partly punct 4 grooming grooming NOUN Number=Sing 5 cleans nsubj 5 cleans clean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 fur det 7 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 5 cleans obj 8 but but CCONJ _ 10 builds cc 9 mainly mainly ADV _ 10 builds advmod 10 builds build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 cleans conj 11 friendships friendship NOUN Number=Plur 10 builds obj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 calms cc 13 calms calm VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 cleans conj 14 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 calms obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 clean present grooming the fur partly property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient 2 build present grooming not said here friendships mainly property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friendship=Product 3 calm present grooming not said here friendships = friendship vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
Option 4 No, they are fighting quietly
discourse punct nsubj aux advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT they PRON are AUX fighting VERB quietly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 fighting discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 fighting nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fighting aux 5 fighting fight VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 quietly quietly ADV _ 5 fighting advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fight present · progressive they quietly property vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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