Test 1 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans
In a film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people. What are real gorillas like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: real gorillas · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: people, film
This is test 1 of lesson 16 «The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans» 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 film, a giant gorilla roars and eats people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eats | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 roars | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 roars | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 roars | amod |
| 7 | gorilla | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 roars | compound |
| 8 | roars | roar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 film | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 roars | cc |
| 10 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 eats | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | people | a film a giant gorilla roars | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
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 are real gorillas like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gorillas | amod |
| 4 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 gorillas | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real gorillas | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Meat eaters that hunt people in villages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eaters | compound |
| 2 | eaters | eater | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 hunt | nsubj |
| 4 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 eaters | acl:relcl |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hunt | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 villages | case |
| 7 | villages | village | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hunt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | Meat eaters | people | villages | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in village=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mostly gentle plant eaters that beat their chests to avoid fights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 4 eaters | advmod |
| 2 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eaters | amod |
| 3 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eaters | compound |
| 4 | eaters | eater | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 6 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 eaters | acl:relcl |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 chests | nmod:poss |
| 8 | chests | chest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 beat | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 avoid | mark |
| 10 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 beat | advcl |
| 11 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | present | gentle plant eaters | eaters's chests | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme | ||||
| 2 | avoid | to-infinitive | gentle plant eaters not said here | fights | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent fight=Location |
Option 3
Shy animals that never make any noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 animals | amod |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 make | obj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 animals | acl:relcl |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 noise | det |
| 7 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | Shy animals | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset that=Beneficiary noise=Product |
Option 4
Fierce hunters that live alone in caves and come out at night to hunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hunters | amod |
| 2 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 hunters | acl:relcl |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 caves | case |
| 7 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 live | cc |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 come | advmod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 night | case |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hunt | mark |
| 14 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 come | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Fierce hunters | caves | alone property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | |||
| 2 | come out | present | Fierce hunters | night | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | hunt | to-infinitive | Fierce hunters not said here | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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