Test 9 · Elephants: the trunk and everything it does
A zookeeper hears a rumble too low for people to notice, and the other elephants turn. How did they get the message?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: zookeeper, people, other elephants, elephants · What happens: hear, notice, turn, get · To what, where: rumble, message
This is test 9 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
Sentence 1: A zookeeper hears a rumble too low for people to notice, and the other elephants turn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 zookeeper | det |
| 2 | zookeeper | zookeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hears | nsubj |
| 3 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rumble | det |
| 5 | rumble | rumble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hears | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 low | advmod |
| 7 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rumble | amod |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 notice | mark |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 notice | nsubj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 notice | mark |
| 11 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 low | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turn | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 turn | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 elephants | det |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 elephants | amod |
| 16 | elephants | elephant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 turn | nsubj |
| 17 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hears | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | a zookeeper | a rumble | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumble=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | notice | to-infinitive | people | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | turn | present | the other elephants | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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: How did they get the message?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 get | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 message | det |
| 6 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | elephants = elephant | the message | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
They saw the keeper point at it
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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 point | det |
| 4 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 point | compound |
| 5 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | They | the keeper point | point | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus |
Option 2
They read the first elephant's ears
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 read | nsubj |
| 2 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 elephant | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 elephant | amod |
| 5 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 elephant | case |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past | They | the first elephant's ears | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Topic |
Option 3
They smelled the rumble in the air
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 smelled | nsubj |
| 2 | smelled | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rumble | det |
| 4 | rumble | rumble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 smelled | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 smelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | past | They | the rumble | the air | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rumble=Theme in air=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They felt the rumble through the ground with their feet
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 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rumble | det |
| 4 | rumble | rumble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 feet | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 feet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | They | the rumble | the ground | with their feet | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rumble=Theme through ground=Location |
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