Test 12 · ★ · Foxes and squirrels

In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble. Why do stories make foxes sly?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox, stories · What happens: trick, talk, make · To what, where: everyone, Zootopia, way, trouble, foxes

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 215 «Foxes and squirrels» 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 Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Zootopia	case
2	Zootopia	Zootopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tricks	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Nick	punct
4	Nick	Nick	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Zootopia	conj
5	Wilde	Wilde	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Nick	flat
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tricks	nsubj
8	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 tricks	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 talks	cc
11	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tricks	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 way	nmod:poss
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 talks	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 trouble	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 trouble	case
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 talks	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 tricks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	present	the fox	everyone		Zootopia and Nick			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient
2	talk	present	the fox not said here	fox's way		trouble			vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent way=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: Why do stories make foxes sly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 make	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
6	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	stories	foxes				sly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fox=Product

The options

Option 1

Real foxes always steal from shops and hide the things they take in their dens

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foxes	amod
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steal	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 steal	advmod
4	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 shops	case
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steal	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hide	cc
8	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 steal	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 things	det
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hide	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 take	nsubj
12	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 things	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 dens	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 dens	nmod:poss
15	dens	den	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	steal	present	Real foxes		shops	always property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide	present	Real foxes not said here	the things	foxes's dens		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Patient in den=Location
3	take	present	foxes = fox	the things not said here			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 2

Real foxes are slow and simple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foxes	amod
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 simple	cc
6	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Real foxes					slow property	tree rules
2	be		Real foxes not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Real foxes can talk to people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foxes	amod
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talk	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	can	Real foxes					to people	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real foxes are clever, learn quickly and eat almost anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foxes	amod
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clever	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clever	cop
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learn	punct
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 clever	parataxis
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 learn	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	conj
10	almost	almost	ADV	_	11 anything	advmod
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Real foxes		clever property	tree rules
2	learn	infinitive			quickly property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	present		anything		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

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