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Test 2 · ★★ · Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth

«it's always waiting at the top when I walk in, coincidence?» What is likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, I · What happens: wait, walk in, be · To what, where: coincidence, top

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth» 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: «it's always waiting at the top when I walk in, coincidence?»

punctnsubjauxadvmodcasedetoblmarknsubjadvcladvmodpunctoblpunctpunctroot«PUNCTitPRON'sAUXalwaysADVwaitingVERBatADPtheDETtopNOUNwhenSCONJIPRONwalkVERBinADV,PUNCTcoincidenceNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 waitingpunct
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 waitingnsubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 waitingaux
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 waitingadvmod
5waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6atatADP_8 topcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 topdet
8toptopNOUNNumber=Sing5 waitingobl
9whenwhenSCONJ_11 walkmark
10IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 walknsubj
11walkwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 waitingadvcl
12ininADV_11 walkadvmod
13,,PUNCT_14 coincidencepunct
14coincidencecoincidenceNOUNNumber=Sing5 waitingobl
15??PUNCT_5 waitingpunct
16»»PUNCT_5 waitingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wait in a quotepresent · progressiveitcoincidencethe topalways propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location
2walk in in a quotepresentIvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 likely?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXlikelyADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 likelynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 likelycop
3likelylikelyADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 likelypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentlikely propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It wants to jump out of the tank to meet you

nsubjmarkxcompcasecasedetoblmarkadvclobjrootItPRONwantsVERBtoPARTjumpVERBoutADPofADPtheDETtankNOUNtoPARTmeetVERByouPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsnsubj
2wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 jumpmark
4jumpjumpVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wantsxcomp
5outoutADP_8 tankcase
6ofofADP_8 tankcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 tankdet
8tanktankNOUNNumber=Sing4 jumpobl
9totoPART_10 meetmark
10meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf4 jumpadvcl
11youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs10 meetobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentItvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2jump out not said to happento-infinitivethe tankvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tank=Trajectory
3meetto-infinitiveyouvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent

Option 2

Goldfish cannot see people through the glass

nsubjauxadvmodobjcasedetoblrootGoldfishNOUNcanAUXnotPARTseeVERBpeopleNOUNthroughADPtheDETglassNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GoldfishgoldfishNOUNNumber=Plur4 seensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 seeaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 seeadvmod
4seeseeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 seeobj
6throughthroughADP_8 glasscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 glassdet
8glassglassNOUNNumber=Sing4 seeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not seecanGoldfishpeoplethe glassvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It has learnt that you bring food

nsubjauxmarknsubjadvclobjrootItPRONhasAUXlearntVERBthatSCONJyouPRONbringVERBfoodNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 learntnsubj
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 learntaux
3learntlearnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_6 bringmark
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 bringnsubj
6bringbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 learntadvcl
7foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing6 bringobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnpresent · perfectItvn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2bringpresentyoufoodvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

It is just a coincidence every single time

nsubjcopadvmoddetdetamodobl:unmarkedrootItPRONisAUXjustADVaDETcoincidenceNOUNeveryDETsingleADJtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 coincidencensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 coincidencecop
3justjustADV_5 coincidenceadvmod
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 coincidencedet
5coincidencecoincidenceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6everyeveryDETPronType=Tot8 timedet
7singlesingleADJDegree=Pos8 timeamod
8timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 coincidenceobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta coincidencetimetree rules

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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