Test 2 · The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fis…

«pink dolphin?? no way, dolphins are grey, that's fake» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: pink dolphin, that · What happens: be

This is test 2 of lesson 155 «The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fish and piranhas» 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	_	3 dolphin	punct
2	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dolphin	amod
3	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grey	nsubj
4	??	??	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dolphin	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dolphin	punct
8	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grey	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grey	cop
10	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fake	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 fake	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fake	cop
14	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grey	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 fake	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grey	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 grey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	pink dolphin and no way	grey property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	that	fake property	tree rules
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

Right, it is a painted dolphin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 dolphin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dolphin	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dolphin	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dolphin	det
6	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dolphin	amod
7	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a painted dolphin					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The boto really exists and turns pinker with age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boto	det
2	boto	boto	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exists	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 exists	advmod
4	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 turns	cc
6	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exists	conj
7	pinker	pinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 age	case
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	the boto						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	turn	present	the boto not said here	pinker			with age		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pinker=Theme

Option 3

It is a pink fish, not a dolphin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fish	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
4	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fish	amod
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dolphin	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 dolphin	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dolphin	det
9	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a pink fish and a dolphin					tree rules

Option 4

Right, pink dolphins live only in zoos where they are fed pink fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dolphins	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dolphins	amod
4	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 zoos	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 zoos	case
8	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 fed	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fed	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fed	aux:pass
12	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 zoos	acl:relcl
13	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fish	amod
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Right pink dolphins			zoos			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zoo=Location
2	feed	present · passive		dolphins = dolphin					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fish=Theme

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