Test 1 · Elephants: the trunk and everything it does

in the cartoon the elephant drinks thru its trunk like a straw lol. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: elephant · What happens: drink · To what, where: cartoon

This is test 1 of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 elephant	det
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	nsubj
6	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	thru	through	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 trunk	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 trunk	nmod:poss
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 straw	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 straw	det
12	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trunk	nmod
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 drinks	discourse
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 drinks	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drinks	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 drinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	the elephant			the cartoon		through elephant's trunk like a straw	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, but only baby elephants do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 do	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 baby	advmod
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 elephants	compound
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	baby elephants	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it fills the trunk and squirts the water into its mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 fills	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fills	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fills	nsubj
4	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trunk	det
6	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fills	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 squirts	cc
8	squirts	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fills	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squirts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	present	it	the trunk					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent trunk=Patient
2	squirt	present		the water		water's mouth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into mouth=Destination

Option 3

No, elephants never use their trunk for water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 elephants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 use	advmod
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 trunk	nmod:poss
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present	elephants	elephants's trunk				for water	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme for water=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, the trunk is a straw down to its tummy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 straw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trunk	det
4	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 straw	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 straw	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 straw	det
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	down	down	ADV	_	7 straw	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tummy	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tummy	nmod:poss
11	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 down	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the trunk	a straw				down property	tree rules

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