Test 5 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C
«Bought one guinea pig, she's fine alone innit» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best answer, pig · What happens: buy, be · To what, where: one guinea pig, fine alone innit
This is test 5 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» 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 | _ | 2 Bought | punct |
| 2 | Bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 What | advcl |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pig | nummod |
| 4 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pig | compound |
| 5 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Bought | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 innit | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 innit | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 innit | amod |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 innit | amod |
| 11 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Bought | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bought | punct |
| 13 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 What | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 answer | det |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 answer | amod |
| 17 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 What | nsubj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy in a quote | participle | the best answer not said here | one guinea pig | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | pig | fine alone innit | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the best answer | 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
No, she needs a cat for company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 needs | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 company | case |
| 8 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | she | a cat | for company | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, a mirror is all she needs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mirror | det |
| 4 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 needs | cop |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 needs | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 needs | nsubj |
| 8 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a mirror | all, need property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, they hate other guinea pigs and fight them all day long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 hate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hate | nsubj |
| 4 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pigs | amod |
| 6 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pigs | compound |
| 7 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hate | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fight | cc |
| 9 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hate | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fight | obj |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 day | det |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hate | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 hate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | they | other guinea pigs | day | long property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pig=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | fight | present | they not said here | pigs = pig | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, guinea pigs are social and need a friend of their own kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 social | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 social | punct |
| 3 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pigs | compound |
| 4 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 social | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 social | cop |
| 6 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 need | cc |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 social | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 friend | det |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 need | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 kind | case |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 kind | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 kind | amod |
| 14 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friend | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | guinea pigs | social property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | guinea pigs not said here | a friend of pigs's own kind | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme |
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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