Test 3 · The Congo river: tigerfish, the deepest river, lungfish an…

A fisherman shows a fish with big teeth and says it is part shark. What is it most likely?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fisherman · What happens: show, say, be · To what, where: fish, part shark, fisherman · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: A fisherman shows a fish with big teeth and says it is part shark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fisherman	det
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fish	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shark	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 shark	cop
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shark	compound
14	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	a fisherman		a fish	with big teeth	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	a fisherman not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	fisherman	part shark			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.

Sentence 2: What is it most likely?

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	3 it	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 What	nsubj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 What	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		fisherman					tree rules

The options

Option 1

A mix of a shark and a pike, born in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mix	det
2	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 shark	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shark	det
5	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mix	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pike	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pike	det
8	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shark	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 born	punct
10	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mix	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle		a mix of a shark and a pike not said here		the river			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A goliath tigerfish, which only looks sharky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tigerfish	det
2	goliath	goliath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tigerfish	compound
3	tigerfish	tigerfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 looks	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 looks	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 looks	advmod
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	sharky	sharky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a goliath tigerfish					sharky property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A real shark that swam up into the river from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shark	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shark	amod
3	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 swam	nsubj
5	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shark	acl:relcl
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 swam	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swam	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim up	past	a real shark			the river		from the sea	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination

Option 4

A baby whale that lost its way far up the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whale	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whale	compound
3	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 whale	acl:relcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 lost	advmod
9	up	up	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	a baby whale	whale's way				up the river; far property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality

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