Test 2 · ★★ · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains
In a cartoon a pig lives happily in a filthy sty, rolling in its own mess. What is true of real pigs with space?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pig · What happens: live, roll, mess, be · To what, where: cartoon, own mess
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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 a cartoon a pig lives happily in a filthy sty, rolling in its own mess.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pig | det |
| 5 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 6 lives | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sty | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sty | det |
| 10 | filthy | filthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sty | amod |
| 11 | sty | sty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rolling | punct |
| 13 | rolling | roll | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 lives | advcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 mess | case |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mess | nmod:poss |
| 16 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mess | amod |
| 17 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rolling | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a pig | a cartoon | in a filthy sty; happily property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | roll | gerund | a pig not said here | pig's own mess | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mess=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | mess | pig | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: What is true of real pigs with space?
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 pigs | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pigs | amod |
| 6 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 space | case |
| 8 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pigs | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of real pigs with space; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They never get dirty at all
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 get | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | They | all | dirty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
They take baths in milk
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 take | nsubj |
| 2 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | baths | bath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 milk | case |
| 5 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | They | baths | milk | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bath=Value in milk=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They keep their toilet far away from where they sleep
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 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 toilet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 keep | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 where | case |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 sleep | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sleep | nsubj |
| 10 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 away | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | They | their toilet | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toilet=Theme | |||
| 2 | sleep | present | they | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They love sleeping in their own mess because it keeps them warm
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 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 love | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mess | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mess | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mess | amod |
| 7 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sleeping | obl |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 keeps | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keeps | nsubj |
| 10 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keeps | obj |
| 12 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | They | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | sleep not said to happen | gerund | They not said here | their own mess | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in mess=Location | ||||
| 3 | keep | present | mess | them = they | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 4 | mess | their = they | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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