Test 2 · The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish an…
«that hippo's bleeding all over, is it hurt??» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: hippo, best answer · What happens: bleed, hurt, be
This is test 2 of lesson 160 «The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish and hidden birds» 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: «that hippo's bleeding all over, is it hurt??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 bleeding | punct |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 hippo | det |
| 3 | hippo | hippo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bleeding | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bleeding | aux |
| 5 | bleeding | bleed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 over | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 bleeding | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bleeding | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux:pass |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleed in a quote | present · progressive | that hippo | over property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||
| 2 | hurt in a quote | present · passive | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, a crocodile bit it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 bit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 4 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bit | compound |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bit | nsubj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Probably not; it makes a red oily fluid that works like sunscreen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 makes | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 makes | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 makes | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fluid | det |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fluid | amod |
| 8 | oily | oily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fluid | amod |
| 9 | fluid | fluid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 works | nsubj |
| 11 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fluid | acl:relcl |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 sunscreen | case |
| 13 | sunscreen | sunscreen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | it | a red oily fluid | probably property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fluid=Product | |||
| 2 | work | present | a red oily fluid | like sunscreen | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It is red mud only
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 | 4 mud | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mud | cop |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mud | amod |
| 4 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 mud | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | red mud | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, hippos always bleed through their skin when they stay out in the sun too long
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hippos | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hippos | hippo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bleed | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 bleed | advmod |
| 5 | bleed | bleed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 skin | nmod:poss |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bleed | obl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 stay | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stay | nsubj |
| 11 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bleed | advcl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 stay | compound:prt |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 sun | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sun | det |
| 15 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stay | obl |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 17 long | advmod |
| 17 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleed | present | hippos | hippos's skin | always property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through skin=Location | |||
| 2 | stay out | present | hippos = hippo | the sun | long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |
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