Test 7 · ★ · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones
In a famous story a centipede has a hundred legs and wears lots of boots. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: centipede · What happens: have, wear, be · To what, where: hundred legs, famous story, lots
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» 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 famous story a centipede has a hundred legs and wears lots of boots.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 story | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 story | det |
| 3 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 story | amod |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 centipede | det |
| 6 | centipede | centipede | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 legs | det |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 legs | nummod |
| 10 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wears | cc |
| 12 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 has | conj |
| 13 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 wears | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 boots | case |
| 15 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lots | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a centipede | a hundred legs | a famous story | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | |||
| 2 | wear | present | a centipede not said here | lots of boots | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lot=Source |
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?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No centipede has exactly one hundred legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 centipede | det |
| 2 | centipede | centipede | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 hundred | advmod |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 hundred | compound |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 legs | nummod |
| 7 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | no centipede | hundred legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
Option 2
Every centipede has exactly one hundred legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 centipede | det |
| 2 | centipede | centipede | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 hundred | advmod |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 hundred | compound |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 legs | nummod |
| 7 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every centipede | hundred legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
Option 3
Centipedes have no legs, only bristles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centipedes | centipede | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 legs | det |
| 4 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bristles | punct |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 bristles | advmod |
| 7 | bristles | bristle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Centipedes | no legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
Option 4
Centipedes have exactly eight legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centipedes | centipede | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 eight | advmod |
| 4 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 legs | nummod |
| 5 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Centipedes | eight legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
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