Test 2 · ★ · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa
In the cartoon Madagascar, fossas hunt in big gangs. What is real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fossas · What happens: hunt, be · To what, where: cartoon Madagascar
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In the cartoon Madagascar, fossas hunt in big gangs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Madagascar | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Madagascar | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Madagascar | compound |
| 4 | Madagascar | Madagascar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hunt | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Madagascar | punct |
| 6 | fossas | fossa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hunt | nsubj |
| 7 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 gangs | case |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gangs | amod |
| 10 | gangs | gang | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hunt | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hunt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | fossas | the cartoon Madagascar | in big gangs | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in madagascar=Location |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A real fossa is a slim mongoose relative that usually hunts alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fossa | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fossa | amod |
| 3 | fossa | fossa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 relative | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 relative | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 relative | det |
| 6 | slim | slim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 relative | amod |
| 7 | mongoose | mongoose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 relative | compound |
| 8 | relative | relative | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 hunts | nsubj |
| 10 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 11 hunts | advmod |
| 11 | hunts | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 relative | parataxis |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 11 hunts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a real fossa | a slim mongoose relative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hunt | present | that | alone, usually property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Fossas only eat grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossas | fossa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Fossas | grass | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
Option 3
Fossas live in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossas | fossa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Fossas | the sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
Option 4
Fossas are a kind of wolf that live in packs and hunt lemurs together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossas | fossa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wolf | case |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 live | nsubj |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 packs | case |
| 10 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 live | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hunt | cc |
| 12 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 live | conj |
| 13 | lemurs | lemur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hunt | obj |
| 14 | together | together | ADV | _ | 12 hunt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fossas | a kind | of wolf | tree rules | |||
| 2 | live | present | a kind | packs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pack=Location | ||||
| 3 | hunt | present | a kind not said here | lemurs | together property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lemur=Theme |
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