Test 11 · ★ · Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in he…
In My Little Pony the ponies have wings, horns and bright pink manes. What is true of real ponies?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ponies · What happens: have, be · To what, where: wings
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 207 «Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds» 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 My Little Pony the ponies have wings, horns and bright pink manes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Pony | case |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 Pony | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Pony | amod |
| 4 | Pony | Pony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 have | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ponies | det |
| 6 | ponies | pony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 horns | punct |
| 10 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wings | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 manes | cc |
| 12 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 manes | amod |
| 13 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 manes | amod |
| 14 | manes | manis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wings | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the ponies | wings and horns and bright pink manes | in My Little Pony | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=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 of real ponies?
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 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ponies | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ponies | amod |
| 6 | ponies | pony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of real ponies; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They are young horses that later grow wings and horns when they are older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 horses | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 horses | cop |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 horses | amod |
| 4 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 grow | obj |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 grow | advmod |
| 7 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 horses | acl:relcl |
| 8 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grow | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 horns | cc |
| 10 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wings | conj |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 older | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 older | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 older | cop |
| 14 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 grow | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | young horses | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | young horses | late property | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary wing=Product | ||||
| 3 | is | present | wings = wing | old property | tree rules |
Option 2
They are a kind of unicorn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 unicorn | case |
| 6 | unicorn | unicorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | a kind | of unicorn | tree rules |
Option 3
They live only on rainbows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 rainbows | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 rainbows | case |
| 5 | rainbows | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | They | rainbows | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rainbow=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They are short, sturdy horses with ordinary coats and manes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 short | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 short | cop |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 horses | punct |
| 5 | sturdy | sturdy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 horses | amod |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 short | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 coats | case |
| 8 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 coats | amod |
| 9 | coats | coat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 horses | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 manes | cc |
| 11 | manes | manis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 horses | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | sturdy horses with ordinary coats and manes obl; short property | tree rules |
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