Test 11 · ★★★ · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

«owls are the cleverest birds, they've got the big wise face and the glasses» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: owls · What happens: be, get · To what, where: cleverest birds, big wise face

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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	_	6 birds	punct
2	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 birds	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 birds	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
5	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 birds	amod
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 birds	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
9	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 face	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 face	amod
13	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 face	amod
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 glasses	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 glasses	det
17	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 face	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 got	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	owls	the cleverest birds		tree rules
2	get in a quote	present · perfect	owls = owl	the big wise face and the glasses		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
3	is	present			right 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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, real owls need glasses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 owls	amod
4	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	real owls	glasses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme

Option 2

Owls are the least clever of all animals, which is why they only come out at night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clever	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clever	det
4	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 clever	advmod
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clever	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 why	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 why	cop
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 animals	acl:relcl
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 come	nsubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
15	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 why	ccomp
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Owls		of all animals; clever property	tree rules
2	is	present	all animals		why property	tree rules
3	come out	present	Owls = owl	night	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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

Their big faces are mostly eyes and ears; crows and parrots do better in puzzles

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 faces	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 faces	amod
3	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eyes	cop
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	6 eyes	advmod
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ears	cc
8	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
10	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 parrots	cc
12	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 crows	conj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eyes	acl:relcl
14	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 do	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 puzzles	case
16	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Their big faces	eyes and ears				mostly property	tree rules
2	do	present	crows and parrots	eyes and ears not said here		puzzles		well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, owls win every bird puzzle test

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 win	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 win	nsubj
4	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 test	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 puzzle	compound
7	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 test	compound
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	owls	every puzzle test					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality

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