Test 5 · ★ · Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water

«my dad says there's no such bird as a seagull lol is he mad»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, such bird, seagull lol · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 223 «Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 's	expl
6	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 bird	det
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bird	amod
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 's	nsubj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 mad	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lol	det
12	seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lol	compound
13	lol	lol	NOUN	_	16 mad	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mad	cop
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mad	nsubj
16	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 's	advcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my dad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	no such bird	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	a seagull lol		mad property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is wrong; gulls live only out in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 live	punct
5	gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	parataxis
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	6 live	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					wrong property	tree rules
2	live	present	gulls			the sea		out property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

Option 2

He is right; all gulls are really ducks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 ducks	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gulls	det
6	gulls	gull	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ducks	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ducks	cop
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 ducks	advmod
9	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	all gulls	ducks					tree rules

Option 3

He is wrong; the seagull is the only kind of gull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 kind	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seagull	det
6	seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kind	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kind	det
9	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kind	amod
10	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 gull	case
12	gull	gull	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					wrong property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the seagull	the only kind				of gull	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is right; there are many kinds of gull, and seagull is a nickname

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 are	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 are	expl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kinds	amod
8	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 are	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 gull	case
10	gull	gull	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kinds	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 nickname	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 nickname	cc
13	seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 nickname	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 nickname	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 nickname	det
16	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			right property	tree rules
2	does	present	many kinds of gull		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	seagull	a nickname			tree rules

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