Test 1 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…
my poster says lion = king of the jungle. sounds right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poster, king, my · What happens: say, sound, post · To what, where: lion · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 poster | nmod:poss |
| 2 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 king | punct |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sounds | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 jungle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 jungle | det |
| 9 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 king | punct |
| 11 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 12 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sounds | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my poster | lion | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lion=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sound | present | king of the jungle | right property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | post | my | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
No, lions live in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 lions | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | lions | the sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
Option 2
Yes, all lions live in jungles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 lions | det |
| 4 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 jungles | case |
| 7 | jungles | jungle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | all lions | jungles | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, lions do not live in jungles; king of the beasts is better
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 live | advmod |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 jungles | case |
| 8 | jungles | jungle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 king | punct |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 better | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 beasts | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 beasts | det |
| 13 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 king | nmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 better | cop |
| 15 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 live | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | present · do-support | lions | jungles | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | king of the beasts | good property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the thick jungle is their only real home and nowhere else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 home | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 jungle | det |
| 4 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jungle | amod |
| 5 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 home | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 home | cop |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 home | nmod:poss |
| 8 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 home | amod |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 home | amod |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 nowhere | cc |
| 12 | nowhere | nowhere | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 home | advmod |
| 13 | else | else | ADV | _ | 12 nowhere | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the thick jungle | their only real home | nowhere 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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