Test 1 · Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking…
«saw a video of a loris getting tickled sooo cute, can i get one» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: loris, i · What happens: see, get, tickle, be · To what, where: video, one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 162 «Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking giant flower and the venomous loris» 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 | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 video | det |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 loris | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 loris | det |
| 7 | loris | loris | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 video | nmod |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 loris | acl |
| 9 | tickled | tickle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 getting | xcomp |
| 10 | sooo | so | ADV | _ | 11 cute | advmod |
| 11 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tickled | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 get | aux |
| 14 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saw | ccomp |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 get | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | a video of a loris | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | gerund | a loris not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | tickle in a quote | participle | a loris not said here | cute property | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | can | i | one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | is | present | right property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, lorises love being tickled, which is why they lift their arms up like that
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lorises | loris | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 tickled | aux:pass |
| 6 | tickled | tickle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 love | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 why | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | cop |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 love | parataxis |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 lift | nsubj |
| 12 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | advcl:relcl |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 arms | nmod:poss |
| 14 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lift | obj |
| 15 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 lift | advmod |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 that | case |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 lift | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | lorises | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | tickle not said to happen | gerund · passive | lorises not said here | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | is | present | why property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | lift up | present | lorises = loris | lorises's arms | like that | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, they make easy pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pets | amod |
| 6 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | they | easy pets | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pet=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was scared, and lorises are wild animals with a venomous bite
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | cop |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 animals | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 animals | cc |
| 8 | lorises | loris | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 animals | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 animals | cop |
| 10 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 animals | amod |
| 11 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scared | conj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 bite | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bite | det |
| 14 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bite | amod |
| 15 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 animals | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | lorises | wild animals | with a venomous bite | tree rules |
Option 4
No, they only bite on Tuesdays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 bite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bite | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 bite | advmod |
| 5 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Tuesdays | case |
| 7 | Tuesdays | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 bite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present | they | tuesday | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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