Test 8 · Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyr…
«a big blue-headed bird just walked out of the trees, gonna give it my sandwich» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: big headed bird · What happens: walk out, give, be · To what, where: trees, bird
This is test 8 of lesson 167 «Australia's forests and Tasmania: devils, cassowaries, lyrebirds and cube-shaped droppings» 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 | _ | 9 walked | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bird | amod |
| 4 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 headed | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 blue | punct |
| 6 | headed | headed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bird | amod |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walked | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 walked | advmod |
| 9 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 trees | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 trees | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trees | det |
| 13 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 walked | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 give | punct |
| 15 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 16 give | dep |
| 16 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 walked | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 give | obj |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 give | obj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 walked | punct |
| 21 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 right | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 right | cop |
| 23 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 walked | advcl |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk out in a quote | past | a big headed bird | the trees | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | infinitive | a big headed bird not said here | bird | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sandwich=Theme | ||||
| 3 | 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
Yes, cassowaries make friendly, gentle pets for kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cassowaries | cassowary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pets | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 friendly | punct |
| 7 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pets | amod |
| 8 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 kids | case |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | cassowaries | friendly gentle pets | for kids | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pet=Product for kid=Beneficiary |
Option 2
No, it is just a big chicken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 chicken | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chicken | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 chicken | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 chicken | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chicken | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chicken | amod |
| 8 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a big chicken | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it is a cassowary, keep away and never feed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 cassowary | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cassowary | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cassowary | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cassowary | det |
| 6 | cassowary | cassowary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cassowary | punct |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 keep | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 feed | cc |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 feed | advmod |
| 12 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 keep | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 feed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a cassowary | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep away | infinitive | a cassowary | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not feed | infinitive | a cassowary not said here | cassowary | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, they love bread, so throw it a few slices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 throw | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 throw | advmod |
| 8 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 love | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 throw | obj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 slices | det |
| 11 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 slices | amod |
| 12 | slices | slice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 throw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | they | bread | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | throw | infinitive | they not said here | bread | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination slice=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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