Test 10 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die
«a platypus kicked me and it hurts like hell, will i die» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: platypus, i · What happens: kick, hurt, die, be · To what, where: me
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» 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 | _ | 4 kicked | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 platypus | det |
| 3 | platypus | platypus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kicked | nsubj |
| 4 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 kicked | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hurts | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hurts | nsubj |
| 8 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kicked | conj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 hell | case |
| 10 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hurts | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 die | punct |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 die | aux |
| 13 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 die | nsubj |
| 14 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hurts | conj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 die | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 right | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 right | cop |
| 18 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 die | advcl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 kicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick in a quote | past | a platypus | me | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hurt in a quote | present | platypus | like hell | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | die in a quote | future | i | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | 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, within a minute, because platypus venom kills everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 minute | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 minute | punct |
| 3 | within | within | ADP | _ | 5 minute | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kills | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 kills | mark |
| 8 | platypus | platypus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 venom | compound |
| 9 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kills | nsubj |
| 10 | kills | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 minute | acl:relcl |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 kills | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | present | platypus venom | everyone | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |
Option 2
No, platypuses have no venom of any kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | platypuses | platypus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 venom | det |
| 6 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 kind | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 kind | det |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 venom | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | platypuses | no venom of any kind | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is not deadly, but it can hurt for weeks, so see a doctor
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 deadly | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 deadly | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deadly | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 deadly | advmod |
| 6 | deadly | deadly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 hurt | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 deadly | parataxis |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 weeks | case |
| 13 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hurt | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 see | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 see | advmod |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 deadly | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 doctor | det |
| 18 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | it | deadly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | can | it | week | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | a doctor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, unless you drink vinegar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 drink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 drink | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 drink | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | you | vinegar | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vinegar=Patient |
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