Test 10 · ★ · Budgies and canaries
Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg. How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, two budgies, each, many feet · What happens: count, sleep, stand, be, tuck up · To what, where: them, one leg, perch, many
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» 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: Count them: two budgies sleep, each standing on one leg.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 sleep | punct |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 budgies | nummod |
| 5 | budgies | budgie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sleep | nsubj |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 standing | punct |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 standing | nsubj |
| 9 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 sleep | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 leg | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 leg | nummod |
| 12 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 standing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | two budgies | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stand | gerund | each | one leg | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=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: How many feet are on the perch, and how many tucked up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feet | amod |
| 3 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 perch | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 perch | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 perch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 perch | det |
| 7 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tucked | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 tucked | cc |
| 10 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 many | advmod |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tucked | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 perch | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 tucked | compound:prt |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 perch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many feet | the perch | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tuck up | participle · passive | many | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
4 on the perch and none tucked up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 perch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perch | det |
| 4 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 4 | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 none | cc |
| 6 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 4 perch | conj |
| 7 | tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 none | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tucked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck up | participle | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
1 on the perch and 3 tucked up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 perch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perch | det |
| 4 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 1 | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 3 | cc |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 1 | conj |
| 7 | tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 3 | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tucked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck up | participle | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
2 on the perch and 2 tucked up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 perch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perch | det |
| 4 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 2 | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 2 | cc |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 2 | conj |
| 7 | tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 2 | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tucked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck up | participle | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
2 on the perch and 4 tucked up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 perch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perch | det |
| 4 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 2 | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 4 | cc |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 2 | conj |
| 7 | tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 2 | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tucked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck up | participle | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
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