Test 6 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

«howler monkey's dead loud, like a lion or what» Which is closest to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lion · What happens: be

This is test 6 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 loud	punct
2	howler	howler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 monkey	compound
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loud	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 monkey	case
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loud	amod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lion	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 lion	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 closest	nsubj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lion	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
14	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 closest	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 closest	cop
16	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 loud	parataxis
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 truth	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 truth	det
19	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 closest	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a lion					to the truth; close property	tree rules

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.

The options

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

It is one of the loudest land animals, heard about 5 km away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 animals	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	compound
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heard	punct
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 one	parataxis
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 5	advmod
12	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 km	nummod
13	km	km	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heard	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of the loudest land animals	tree rules
2	hear	past		5 km				away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer km=Stimulus

Option 2

It is quieter than a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quieter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quieter	cop
3	quieter	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 cat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quieter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					than a cat; quiet property	tree rules

Option 3

It is loud only when it is hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 loud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 loud	cop
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 hurt	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hurt	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux:pass
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 loud	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					loud property	tree rules
2	hurt	present · passive		it					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It is the loudest animal in the whole sea, heard 500 km away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 animal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
4	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sea	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
11	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	conj
12	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 km	nummod
13	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	11 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the loudest animal		the whole sea			tree rules
2	hear away	past		500 km				away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer km=Stimulus

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