Test 1 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…

My mate says lions are the biggest cats since they're the kings. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, lions · What happens: say, be · To what, where: biggest cats · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cats	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cats	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cats	det
7	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 cats	amod
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
9	since	since	ADP	_	13 kings	case
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kings	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 kings	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kings	det
13	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cats	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cats	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	lions	the biggest cats		tree rules
3	is	present	lions = lion		since the kings	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

Yes, lions are much bigger and heavier than tigers, by a long way

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 bigger	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bigger	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	cop
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 bigger	advmod
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heavier	cc
8	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 bigger	conj
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 tigers	case
10	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 heavier	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 way	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 way	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 way	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 way	amod
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	lions					by a long way; big property	tree rules
2	be		lions not said here					than tigers	tree rules

Option 2

No, the cheetah is biggest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 biggest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cheetah	det
4	cheetah	cheetah	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 biggest	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 biggest	cop
6	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cheetah					big property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, lions weigh a tonne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 weigh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 weigh	nsubj
4	weigh	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tonne	det
6	tonne	tonne	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weigh	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	present	lions	a tonne					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme tonne=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, the tiger is the biggest cat, heavier than most lions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 cat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tiger	det
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cat	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
7	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 cat	amod
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heavier	punct
10	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 cat	conj
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 lions	case
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 lions	amod
13	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heavier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the tiger	the biggest cat					tree rules
2	be		the tiger not said here					than most lions	tree rules

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