Test 1 · ★ · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa

«King Julien's the boss so male lemurs rule, right» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Julien, lemurs rule · What happens: rule, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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	_	10 rule	punct
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Julien	nmod:desc
3	Julien	Julien	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 rule	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Julien	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boss	det
6	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rule	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 rule	advmod
8	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lemurs	amod
9	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rule	compound
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 right	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rule	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	16 right	discourse
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule in a quote		Julien King						tree rules
2	is	present	lemurs rule					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 · ✓ the right answer

No, in ring-tailed lemurs the females lead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 lead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lemurs	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 lemurs	case
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tailed	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 ring	punct
6	tailed	tail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lemurs	amod
7	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lead	nsubj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 females	det
9	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lead	nsubj
10	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tail	participle							vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	lead	present	tailed lemurs						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 2

No, the fossa is the boss of lemurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 boss	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fossa	det
4	fossa	fossa	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boss	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boss	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boss	det
7	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 lemurs	case
9	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fossa	the boss				of lemurs	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, lemurs crown a king every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 crown	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crown	nsubj
4	crown	crown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crown	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crown	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown	present	lemurs	a king			year		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

Option 4

Yes, the biggest and strongest male is always the king of the troop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 king	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 male	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 male	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 strongest	cc
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 biggest	conj
7	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 king	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 king	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 troop	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 troop	det
14	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the biggest male	the king				of the troop; always property	tree rules

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