Test 2 · ★ · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and…
«my teacher showed a video of lemmings jumping off a cliff so it's true» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, lemmings · What happens: show, jump off, be · To what, where: video, cliff · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» 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 showed | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 video | det |
| 6 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lemmings | case |
| 8 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 video | nmod |
| 9 | jumping | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 lemmings | acl |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 jumping | compound:prt |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cliff | det |
| 12 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 jumping | obl |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 true | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 true | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 true | cop |
| 16 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 showed | advcl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 showed | ccomp |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show in a quote | past | my teacher | a video of lemmings | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent video=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | jump off in a quote | gerund | lemmings not said here | a cliff | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | teacher | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 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 · ✓ the right answer
In that old film the lemmings were pushed off by the film makers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 film | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 film | amod |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushed | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lemmings | det |
| 6 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pushed | aux:pass |
| 8 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 pushed | compound:prt |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 makers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 makers | det |
| 12 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 makers | compound |
| 13 | makers | maker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push off | past · passive | the film makers | the lemmings | that old film | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in film=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yes, they do it every spring to make space for others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 spring | det |
| 7 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 make | mark |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 do | advcl |
| 10 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 others | case |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | they | it | spring | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | they not said here | space | for others | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent space=Product for other=Asset |
Option 3
No, lemmings cannot climb cliffs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 climb | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lemmings | lemming | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 climb | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 climb | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 climb | advmod |
| 6 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 climb | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not climb | can | lemmings | cliffs | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cliff=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, filmed proof always means it is real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 proof | amod |
| 4 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 means | advmod |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 real | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 real | cop |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | participle | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | filmed proof | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | proof | real property | tree rules |
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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