Test 1 · ★ · Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs

In Chicken Run the hens build a plane and fly over the fence. What is true of real chickens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hens · What happens: build, fly, be · To what, where: plane, Chicken Run, fence

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 212 «Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs» 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 Chicken Run the hens build a plane and fly over the fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Run	case
2	Chicken	Chicken	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Run	compound
3	Run	Run	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 build	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hens	det
5	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 build	nsubj
6	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plane	det
8	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 build	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fly	cc
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 build	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 fence	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fence	det
13	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fly	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 build	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	the hens	a plane		Chicken Run			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plane=Product
2	fly	infinitive	the hens not said here			the fence			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=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: What is true of real chickens?

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 chickens	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chickens	amod
6	chickens	chicken	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 chickens; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They cannot move their wings 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	4 move	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 move	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 move	advmod
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wings	nmod:poss
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 move	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	can	They	their wings		all			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme

Option 2

They fly long distances like geese, in a V across the sky in autumn

The tree, 14 words

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 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distances	amod
4	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fly	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 geese	case
6	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 distances	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 V	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 V	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 V	det
10	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 sky	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sky	det
13	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 autumn	case
15	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	They	long distances		a V	autumn	like geese; across the sky	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent distance=Theme in v=Trajectory across sky=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They can only flap a short way, so a fox can catch them at night

The tree, 15 words

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 flap	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flap	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 flap	advmod
4	flap	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flap	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 catch	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 catch	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 catch	aux
13	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flap	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 catch	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 night	case
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flap	can	They	a short way					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	catch	can	a fox	them = they			night		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

They fly only at night

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 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 fly	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	They				night		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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