Test 7 · ★ · The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest…

«my mate's parrot says hello, so it understands english» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: parrot, best answer · What happens: say, understand, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» 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 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parrot	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 mate	case
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hello	hello	INTJ	_	6 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 understands	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 understands	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 understands	nsubj
11	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
12	english	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 understands	xcomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 understands	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 understands	parataxis
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 What	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 answer	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 answer	amod
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 What	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate's parrot		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
2	understand in a quote	present	parrot	english property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	is a	present	the best answer		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

No, parrots cannot copy sounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 copy	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 copy	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 copy	advmod
6	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	can	parrots	sounds					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

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

Most parrots copy sounds, though Alex the grey parrot showed some can learn names, colours and numbers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 parrots	amod
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	nsubj
3	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 showed	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 showed	mark
7	Alex	Alex	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 showed	nsubj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parrot	det
9	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 parrot	amod
10	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Alex	appos
11	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 learn	advcl
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 showed	obj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 learn	aux
14	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 copy	parataxis
15	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 learn	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 colours	punct
17	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 names	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 numbers	cc
19	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 names	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	copy	present	Most parrots	sounds	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
2	show	past	Alex	some	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent some=Recipient
3	learn	can		names and colours and numbers	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic

Option 3

Yes, every parrot can speak like a person and understands every word it says

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 speak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 parrot	det
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speak	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	aux
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speak	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 understands	cc
11	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 understands	obj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 word	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	can	every parrot		like a person	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	understand	present	every parrot not said here	every word		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	parrot	every word not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Option 4

Parrots only copy cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 copy	advmod
3	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	Parrots	cats					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

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