Test 4 · Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking…

In a cartoon a bear lives on honey, wears a red top and talks to a piglet. What is true of the real honey-loving sun bear?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bear · What happens: live, wear, talk, be · To what, where: cartoon, red top

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a bear lives on honey, wears a red top and talks to a piglet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	nsubj
6	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 honey	case
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lives	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wears	punct
10	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lives	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 top	det
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 top	amod
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wears	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 talks	cc
15	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wears	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 piglet	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 piglet	det
18	piglet	piglet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 talks	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live	present	a bear		a cartoon	on honey	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	wear	present	a bear not said here	a red top			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent top=Source
3	talk	present	a bear not said here			to a piglet	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to piglet=Co-Agent

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 true of the real honey-loving sun bear?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	11 bear	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bear	amod
7	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loving	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 honey	punct
9	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bear	amod
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bear	compound
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of the real loving sun bear; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It lives in a cosy house in a wood in England and eats marmalade sandwiches

The tree, 15 words

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	2 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wood	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 England	case
11	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 wood	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 eats	cc
13	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lives	conj
14	marmalade	marmalade	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sandwiches	compound
15	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			a cosy house in a wood in England			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	eat	present		marmalade sandwiches					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient

Option 2

It is the biggest bear in the world

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	5 bear	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 bear	amod
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the biggest bear		the world			tree rules

Option 3

It eats only honey and nothing else

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	2 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 honey	advmod
4	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 nothing	cc
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 honey	conj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It	honey					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is the smallest bear and licks honey and insects with a very long tongue

The tree, 15 words

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	5 bear	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
4	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 bear	amod
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 licks	cc
7	licks	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	conj
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 licks	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 insects	cc
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 honey	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	15 tongue	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tongue	det
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 long	advmod
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tongue	amod
15	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 licks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the smallest bear					tree rules
2	lick	present		honey and insects				with a long tongue	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent honey=Theme with tongue=Instrument

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