Test 2 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

In a cartoon an elephant shrieks and jumps on a stool when a mouse runs past. What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: elephant, mouse, best correction · What happens: shriek, jump, run past, be · To what, where: cartoon, stool

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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 an elephant shrieks and jumps on a stool when a mouse runs past.

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	6 shrieks	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 elephant	det
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shrieks	nsubj
6	shrieks	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jumps	cc
8	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shrieks	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 stool	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stool	det
11	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumps	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 runs	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mouse	det
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 runs	nsubj
15	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 jumps	advcl
16	past	past	ADV	_	15 runs	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shrieks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	shriek	present	a elephant	a cartoon		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	jump	present	a elephant not said here	a stool		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stool=Trajectory
3	run past	present	a mouse		past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 the best correction?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 correction	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 correction	amod
5	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best correction						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No good evidence elephants fear mice; any sudden small movement might startle them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 elephants	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 elephants	amod
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elephants	compound
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fear	nsubj
5	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fear	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 startle	punct
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 movement	det
9	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 movement	amod
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 movement	amod
11	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 startle	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 startle	aux
13	startle	startle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fear	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 startle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	no good evidence elephants	mice					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus
2	startle	might	any sudden small movement	mice = mouse					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 2

Mice are the only animal elephants fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fear	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fear	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elephants	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 elephants	compound
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fear	nsubj
7	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

Option 3

Elephants squash every mouse they see, so they have nothing to fear from them at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 squash	nsubj
2	squash	squash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 mouse	det
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squash	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mouse	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 squash	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 have	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fear	mark
13	fear	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fear	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 fear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	squash	present	Elephants	every mouse			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient
2	see	present	Elephants = elephant	every mouse not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus
3	have	present	Elephants = elephant	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	fear	to-infinitive	Elephants = elephant not said here	nothing not said here	all	from Elephants = elephant	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Elephants really are terrified of mice and can jump onto stools to escape them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 terrified	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 terrified	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 terrified	cop
4	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 mice	case
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 terrified	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jump	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 jump	aux
9	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 terrified	conj
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 stools	case
11	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 jump	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 escape	mark
13	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 jump	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Elephants			of mice; terrified property	tree rules
2	jump	can	Elephants not said here		stools		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto stool=Trajectory
3	escape	to-infinitive	Elephants not said here	Elephants = elephant			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Initial_Location

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