Test 7 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy
In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor. Where would a real harpy eagle hunt?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: show, fly · To what, where: eagle, Tarzan cartoon, empty sunny forest floor
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: In a Tarzan cartoon, an eagle is shown flying over an empty, sunny forest floor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 3 | Tarzan | Tarzan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cartoon | compound |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shown | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 cartoon | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 eagle | det |
| 7 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shown | aux:pass |
| 9 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 shown | xcomp |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 17 floor | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 floor | det |
| 13 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 floor | amod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 empty | punct |
| 15 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 floor | amod |
| 16 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 floor | compound |
| 17 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flying | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 shown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · passive | a eagle | a Tarzan cartoon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | a empty sunny forest floor | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over floor=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: Where would a real harpy eagle hunt?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hunt | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hunt | amod |
| 5 | harpy | harpy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eagle | compound |
| 6 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hunt | compound |
| 7 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 would | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Where | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only in open grassland, far from trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 grassland | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 grassland | case |
| 3 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 grassland | amod |
| 4 | grassland | grassland | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 trees | punct |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 trees | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 trees | case |
| 8 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grassland | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Through the canopy, swooping from the tallest trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 canopy | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 canopy | det |
| 3 | canopy | canopy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swooping | punct |
| 5 | swooping | swoop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 canopy | acl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 trees | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trees | det |
| 8 | tallest | tall | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 trees | amod |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swooping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swoop | gerund | the canopy not said here | the tallest trees | tree rules |
Option 3
Over the sea, catching fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 3 sea | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sea | det |
| 3 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 catching | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sea | punct |
| 5 | catching | catch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 catching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | gerund | fish | the sea | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
Option 4
Only on the ground among roots
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ground | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 ground | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ground | det |
| 4 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | among | among | ADP | _ | 6 roots | case |
| 6 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ground | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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