Test 6 · ★ · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and…
«caribou, reindeer, same thing or nah» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: caribou · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | _ | 2 caribou | punct |
| 2 | caribou | caribou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 right | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reindeer | punct |
| 4 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caribou | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thing | punct |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caribou | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 nah | cc |
| 9 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 thing | discourse |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 caribou | punct |
| 11 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 right | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 right | cop |
| 13 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | caribou and reindeer and same thing | 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
Yes, caribou are called reindeer in Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 called | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | caribou | caribou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 called | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 called | aux:pass |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 called | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Europe | case |
| 8 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 called | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | caribou | Europe | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2
No, caribou are a kind of goat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 caribou | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | caribou | caribou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 goat | case |
| 8 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | caribou | a kind | of goat | tree rules |
Option 3
No, reindeer are moose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 reindeer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moose | compound |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 moose | cop |
| 5 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | reindeer moose | tree rules |
Option 4
No, reindeer only live in stories and Christmas songs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 reindeer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stories | case |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 songs | cc |
| 9 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 songs | compound |
| 10 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stories | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | reindeer | stories and Christmas songs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |
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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