Test 9 · ★★★ · Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and…

An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour. What would you see?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: film, see · To what, where: penguin huddle

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «Antarctica: emperor huddles, krill, clear-blooded fish and stone-stealing penguins» 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: An emperor penguin huddle is filmed from above for an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 huddle	det
2	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 penguin	compound
3	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 huddle	compound
4	huddle	huddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filmed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 filmed	aux:pass
6	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 above	case
8	above	above	ADV	_	6 filmed	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 hour	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hour	det
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filmed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 filmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	present · passive		a penguin huddle			hour		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 would you see?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 see	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	would	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Birds slowly shuffling, so the edge ones move in and the middle ones move out

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shuffling	nsubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 shuffling	advmod
3	shuffling	shuffle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 move	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ones	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ones	compound
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 move	nsubj
9	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shuffling	parataxis
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 move	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 move	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ones	det
13	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ones	amod
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 move	nsubj
15	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 move	conj
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shuffle	gerund	Birds	slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move in	present	the edge ones		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	move out	present	the middle ones	out property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The birds flying away in turns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 birds	acl
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 flying	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 turns	case
6	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	gerund	the birds not said here			turns		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location

Option 3

Every bird standing still in the same place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bird	acl
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 standing	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	every bird not said here			the same place	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location

Option 4

The birds sleeping under the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 birds	acl
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 snow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snow	det
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	the birds not said here			the snow			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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