Test 7 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…
Winnie-the-Pooh lives on honey. If a real bear raids a bees' nest, what is it really after?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Winnie, real bear · What happens: live, raid · To what, where: honey, nest
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Winnie-the-Pooh lives on honey.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winnie | Winnie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Pooh | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Pooh | det |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 the | punct |
| 5 | Pooh | Pooh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Winnie | flat |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 honey | case |
| 8 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Winnie | honey | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on honey=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: If a real bear raids a bees' nest, what is it really after?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 raids | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bear | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bear | amod |
| 4 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raids | nsubj |
| 5 | raids | raid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bees | det |
| 7 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 nest | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 bees | case |
| 9 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raids | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 nest | nmod |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 after | cop |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 after | nsubj |
| 14 | really | really | ADV | _ | 15 after | advmod |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 what | compound:prt |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 raids | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raid | present | a real bear | a bees's nest | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent nest=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mostly the fat grubs, with the honey as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 4 grubs | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 grubs | det |
| 3 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grubs | compound |
| 4 | grubs | grub | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 honey | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 honey | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 honey | det |
| 8 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grubs | conj |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 8 honey | advmod |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 as | fixed |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only honey, it throws the grubs away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 honey | advmod |
| 2 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 throws | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 honey | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 throws | nsubj |
| 5 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grubs | det |
| 7 | grubs | grub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 throws | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 throws | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | present | honey | the grubs | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grub=Theme |
Option 3
The wax, to make candles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wax | det |
| 2 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the wax | candles | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset candle=Product |
Option 4
The bees, to keep as pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bees | det |
| 2 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 pets | case |
| 7 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the bees | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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