Test 5 · ★ · Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and anima…
In King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island. What is true about real hidden apes?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: find, be · To what, where: giant ape, hidden island
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 190 «Strange discoveries: living fossils, hidden apes and animals found in drawers» 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 King Kong a giant ape is found on a hidden island.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 King | case |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obl |
| 3 | Kong | Kong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ape | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ape | amod |
| 6 | ape | ape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 found | aux:pass |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 island | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 island | det |
| 11 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 island | amod |
| 12 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | a giant ape | a hidden island | in King | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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 true about real hidden apes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 apes | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 apes | amod |
| 6 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 apes | amod |
| 7 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real hidden apes; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Gorillas live only in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 films | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 films | case |
| 5 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Gorillas | films | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |
Option 2
All apes were found a thousand years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 apes | det |
| 2 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 thousand | det |
| 6 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | all apes | year | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Mountain gorillas were described by scientists only in 1902, though local people knew them
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gorillas | compound |
| 2 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 described | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 described | aux:pass |
| 4 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 scientists | case |
| 6 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 described | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 1902 | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 1902 | case |
| 9 | 1902 | 1902 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 described | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 knew | punct |
| 11 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 14 knew | mark |
| 12 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 people | amod |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 knew | nsubj |
| 14 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 described | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 knew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | past · passive | scientists | Mountain gorillas | 1902 | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | past | local people | gorillas = gorilla | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Giant apes the size of buildings live on islands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 apes | amod |
| 2 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 size | det |
| 4 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 apes | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 buildings | case |
| 6 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 size | nmod |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 islands | case |
| 9 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Giant apes | islands | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location |
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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