Test 3 · ★ · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…
In a game, a tiger refuses to cross a river because cats hate water. What would a real tiger do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: tiger, cats, real tiger · What happens: refuse, not cross, hate, do · To what, where: game, river, water
This is test 3 · ★ 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 game, a tiger refuses to cross a river because cats hate water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refuses | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tiger | det |
| 6 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refuses | nsubj |
| 7 | refuses | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 cross | mark |
| 9 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 refuses | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 river | det |
| 11 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cross | obj |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 hate | mark |
| 13 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 hate | nsubj |
| 14 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 cross | advcl |
| 15 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hate | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 refuses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | present | a tiger | a game | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not cross | to-infinitive | a tiger not said here | a river | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | ||||
| 3 | hate | present | cats | water | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
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 a real tiger do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tiger | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tiger | amod |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a real tiger | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Jump over the whole river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 river | amod |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jump | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Wait for a bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 bridge | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bridge | det |
| 4 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for a bridge | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Turn back and never cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 cross | cc |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 cross | advmod |
| 5 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn back | imperative | you not said here | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not cross | infinitive | you not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Swim across, tigers love water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | across | across | ADV | _ | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 love | punct |
| 4 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | nsubj |
| 5 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Swim | parataxis |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | across property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | love | present | tigers | water | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
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