Test 10 · ★★★ · Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?
«a squeaky lemming just stood up and squared up to me, they're cowards though?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: squeaky lemming, they · What happens: stand up, square up, be · To what, where: me
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 150 «Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?» 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: «a squeaky lemming just stood up and squared up to me, they're cowards though?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 stood | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lemming | det |
| 3 | squeaky | squeaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lemming | amod |
| 4 | lemming | lemming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 stood | advmod |
| 6 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 stood | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 squared | cc |
| 9 | squared | square | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stood | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 squared | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 me | case |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 squared | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cowards | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 cowards | nsubj |
| 15 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 cowards | cop |
| 16 | cowards | cowards | ADV | _ | 6 stood | advmod |
| 17 | though | though | ADV | _ | 16 cowards | advmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 stood | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up in a quote | past | a squeaky lemming | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | square up in a quote | past | a squeaky lemming not said here | me | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | they | cowards, though property | tree rules |
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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 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 | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Norwegian lemmings are bold and often stand their ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Norwegian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lemmings | amod |
| 2 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bold | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bold | cop |
| 4 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stand | cc |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 stand | advmod |
| 7 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bold | conj |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 ground | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stand | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Norwegian lemmings | bold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | present | Norwegian lemmings not said here | lemmings's ground | often property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ground=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, lemmings always run and hide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 run | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 run | advmod |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hide | cc |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | lemmings | always property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | lemmings not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, it was probably ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 ill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ill | cop |
| 5 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 6 ill | advmod |
| 6 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | ill, probably property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, lemmings cannot make any sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | advmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 sound | det |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | can | lemmings | any sound | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |
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