Test 6 · ★★ · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die
«a rock just moved on the reef and it's got eyes??» What is it most likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rock · What happens: move, get, be · To what, where: reef, eyes, rock
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: «a rock just moved on the reef and it's got eyes??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 moved | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rock | det |
| 3 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 moved | advmod |
| 5 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 reef | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 reef | det |
| 8 | reef | reef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 got | cc |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | aux |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 moved | conj |
| 13 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 got | obj |
| 14 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 5 moved | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move in a quote | past | a rock | the reef | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on reef=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | rock | eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus |
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 it most likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | rock | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A cone snail that has climbed out of its shell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 snail | det |
| 2 | cone | cone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 snail | compound |
| 3 | snail | snail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 climbed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 climbed | aux |
| 6 | climbed | climb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 snail | acl:relcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 shell | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 shell | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 shell | nmod:poss |
| 10 | shell | shell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 climbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | present · perfect · passive | a cone snail | snail's shell | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
A sea turtle sleeping on the sandy bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 turtle | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turtle | compound |
| 3 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 turtle | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bottom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bottom | det |
| 7 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bottom | amod |
| 8 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | gerund | a sea turtle not said here | the sandy bottom | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A stonefish, which has venomous spines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stonefish | det |
| 2 | stonefish | stonefish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spines | amod |
| 7 | spines | spine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a stonefish | venomous spines | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spine=Patient |
Option 4
A crab with a shell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 crab | det |
| 2 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 shell | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 shell | det |
| 5 | shell | shell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 crab | nmod |
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