Test 12 · ★★ · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…
In a cartoon a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bear, be · To what, where: baby hare, cartoon
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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 a baby hare is born bald and blind in a burrow.
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 | 8 born | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hare | det |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hare | compound |
| 6 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 born | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 born | aux:pass |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 born | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 blind | cc |
| 11 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bald | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 burrow | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 burrow | det |
| 14 | burrow | burrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 born | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 born | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present · passive | a baby hare | a cartoon | in a burrow; bald property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hares and rabbits are the same animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 animal | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 rabbits | cc |
| 3 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hares | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 animal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 animal | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 animal | amod |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Hares and rabbits | the same animal | tree rules |
Option 2
Baby rabbits and hares are both born furry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rabbits | compound |
| 2 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 born | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hares | cc |
| 4 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rabbits | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 born | advmod |
| 7 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | furry | furry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 born | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present · passive | Baby rabbits and hares | both, furry property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Baby hares are born bald and blind in burrows, just like the cartoon shows
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hares | compound |
| 2 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 born | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 born | aux:pass |
| 4 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 born | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 blind | cc |
| 7 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bald | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 burrows | case |
| 9 | burrows | burrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 born | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 shows | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 shows | advmod |
| 12 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 15 shows | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cartoon | det |
| 14 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 shows | nsubj |
| 15 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 born | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present · passive | Baby hares | burrows | bald property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | show | present | the cartoon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
That fits baby rabbits; baby hares are born furry with open eyes above ground
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 fits | nsubj |
| 2 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rabbits | compound |
| 4 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fits | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 born | punct |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hares | compound |
| 7 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 born | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 born | aux:pass |
| 9 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fits | conj |
| 10 | furry | furry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 born | xcomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 eyes | case |
| 12 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 eyes | amod |
| 13 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 furry | obl |
| 14 | above | above | ADV | _ | 9 born | advmod |
| 15 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | That | baby rabbits | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bear | present · passive | baby hares | ground obl; above, furry property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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