Test 11 · The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life u…

«humpbacks all sing the same song forever, right» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: humpbacks · What happens: sing, be · To what, where: same song

This is test 11 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» 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 humpbacks	punct
2	humpbacks	humpback	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sing	nsubj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 humpbacks	det
4	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 song	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sing	obj
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 sing	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	14 right	discourse
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 right	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sing	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express in a quote	present	all humpbacks	the same song				forever property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	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

No, humpbacks cannot make any sounds, they just splash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	humpbacks	humpback	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 sounds	det
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 splash	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 splash	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 splash	advmod
12	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	can	humpbacks	any sounds					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	splash	present	humpbacks = humpback						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the songs change and whales across an ocean pick up the new ones

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 change	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 songs	det
4	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	nsubj
5	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 whales	cc
7	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	conj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 ocean	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ocean	det
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	obl
11	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 change	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 pick	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ones	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ones	amod
15	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the songs			a ocean			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pick up	infinitive	the songs not said here	the new ones					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 3

Yes, only one whale sings, the same song for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 sings	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 whale	nummod
5	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sings	nsubj
6	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 song	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 song	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 song	amod
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sings	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ever	case
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 song	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	one whale	the same song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 4

Yes, the song never changes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 changes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 changes	advmod
6	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	the song						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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