Test 1 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…
In a cartoon a cat runs screaming from a bath. What is true of the jaguar?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: run, scream, be · To what, where: cartoon, bath
This is test 1 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» 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 cat runs screaming from a bath.
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 | 6 runs | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 runs | nsubj |
| 6 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | screaming | scream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 runs | advcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 bath | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bath | det |
| 10 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 screaming | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | a cat | a cartoon | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | gerund | a cat not said here | a bath | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: What is true of the jaguar?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 jaguar | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 jaguar | det |
| 6 | jaguar | jaguar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of the jaguar; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It loves water and swims to hunt caimans and fish
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 | 2 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 swims | cc |
| 5 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 loves | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hunt | mark |
| 7 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 swims | advcl |
| 8 | caimans | caiman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hunt | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fish | cc |
| 10 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 caimans | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | It | water | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | swim | present | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | hunt | to-infinitive | caimans and fish | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caiman=Theme |
Option 2
Jaguars cannot swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaguars | jaguar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swim | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 swim | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 swim | advmod |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not swim | can | Jaguars | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
All cats sink in water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 cats | det |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sink | nsubj |
| 3 | sink | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sink | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | present | all cats | water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Jaguars never go near water, because their fur would get too heavy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaguars | jaguar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | advcl |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 heavy | advmod |
| 13 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | present | Jaguars | water | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near water=Location | ||||
| 2 | get | would | Jaguars's fur | heavy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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