Test 3 · The great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

Liam says the chest beat is the gorilla punching himself. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Liam, chest beat, gorilla · What happens: say, be, punch · To what, where: gorilla, Liam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beat	det
4	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beat	compound
5	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gorilla	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gorilla	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gorilla	det
8	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	punching	punch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gorilla	acl
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 punching	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Liam		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the chest beat	the gorilla	tree rules
3	punch	gerund	the gorilla not said here	Liam	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, he uses cupped hands to make a pop, as a show

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 uses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 uses	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 uses	nsubj
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cupped	cup	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hands	amod
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 uses	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 uses	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pop	det
10	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 show	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 show	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 show	det
14	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	present	he	cupped hands	as a show	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hand=Duration as show=Attribute
2	cup	participle				vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive	he not said here	a pop		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pop=Product

Option 2

No, he hits a tree trunk hard with his chest to make it shake

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hits	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hits	nsubj
4	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trunk	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trunk	compound
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hits	obj
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hits	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 chest	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chest	nmod:poss
11	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hits	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hits	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hit	present	he	a tree trunk	with his chest; hard property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent trunk=Patient with chest=Instrument
2	make	to-infinitive	he not said here	trunk		tree rules
3	shake	infinitive	trunk not said here			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Yes, he punches with closed fists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 punches	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 punches	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punches	nsubj
4	punches	punch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fists	case
6	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fists	amod
7	fists	fist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punch	present	he					with closed fists	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fist=Instrument
2	close	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, to knock out fleas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 knock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knock	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 knock	mark
4	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 knock	compound:prt
6	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 knock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	to-infinitive		fleas					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flea=Patient

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