Test 2 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…
In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pack · What happens: hunt, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a pack of tigers hunts together like wolves.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hunts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pack | det |
| 6 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hunts | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 tigers | case |
| 8 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pack | nmod |
| 9 | hunts | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 hunts | advmod |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 wolves | case |
| 12 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hunts | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 hunts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | a pack of tigers | a cartoon | like wolves; together property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tigers do not hunt at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hunt | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hunt | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hunt | advmod |
| 4 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 hunt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hunt | present · do-support | Tigers | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |
Option 2
Nothing, tigers always hunt in big packs, just like wolves do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 tigers | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hunt | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 hunt | advmod |
| 5 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 packs | case |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 packs | amod |
| 8 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hunt | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 do | advmod |
| 11 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 13 do | mark |
| 12 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 do | nsubj |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hunt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | Nothing tigers | big packs | always property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pack=Location | |||
| 2 | do | present | wolves | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tigers live and hunt alone, except mothers with cubs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hunt | cc |
| 4 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 live | conj |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 hunt | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mothers | punct |
| 7 | except | except | ADP | _ | 8 mothers | case |
| 8 | mothers | mother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 cubs | case |
| 10 | cubs | cub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 mothers | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Tigers | except mothers with cubs | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hunt | present | Tigers not said here | alone property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Tigers hunt only in water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hunt | nsubj |
| 2 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 water | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hunt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | Tigers | water | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
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