Test 3 · ★ · Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth
In a film a rat called Remy becomes a great cook with his amazing nose. What part is close to real life?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rat · What happens: call, become, be · To what, where: rat, great cook, film · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 222 «Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth» 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 film a rat called Remy becomes a great cook with his amazing nose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rat | det |
| 5 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | nsubj |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rat | acl |
| 7 | Remy | Remy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cook | det |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cook | amod |
| 11 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | xcomp |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 nose | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 nose | nmod:poss |
| 14 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 nose | amod |
| 15 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cook | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 becomes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | a rat not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | become | present | a rat | a great cook with rat's amazing nose | in a film result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in film=Result |
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 part is close to real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 close | nsubj |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 close | cop |
| 4 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 close | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to real life; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real rats can read recipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rats | amod |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 read | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 read | aux |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | recipes | recipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | can | Real rats | recipes | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Real rats can cook food in an oven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rats | amod |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cook | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cook | aux |
| 4 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cook | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 oven | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 oven | det |
| 8 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cook | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | can | Real rats | food | in a oven | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent food=Patient in oven=Instrument |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Real rats have a superb sense of smell and taste
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rats | amod |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sense | det |
| 5 | superb | superb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sense | amod |
| 6 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 smell | case |
| 8 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sense | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 taste | cc |
| 10 | taste | taste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Real rats | a superb sense of smell and taste | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sense | smell and taste | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Real rats can steer a person by pulling hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rats | amod |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 steer | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 steer | aux |
| 4 | steer | steer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steer | obj |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 pulling | mark |
| 8 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 steer | advcl |
| 9 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pulling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steer | can | Real rats | a person | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pull | gerund | Real rats not said here | hair | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
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