Test 6 · ★ · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

«there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American ones?»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: possum · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» 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	_	3 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 possum	det
5	possum	possum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 roof	nmod:poss
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possum	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Melbourne	case
10	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 roof	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 same	punct
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 roof	conj
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 ones	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ones	det
15	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ones	amod
16	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 same	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a possum in our roof in Melbourne			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yes, they are the same animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 animal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	the same animal					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, they were brought over from America on ships and let go in the bush

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 brought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brought	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	aux:pass
5	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 America	case
8	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 ships	case
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 brought	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	conj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 bush	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bush	det
16	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring over	past · passive	they	America	on ships; over property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from america=Initial_Location
2	let	infinitive				tree rules
3	go	infinitive		the bush		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bush=Location

Option 3

No, Australian possums are rodents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 Australian	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 possums	amod
4	possums	possum	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rodents	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rodents	cop
6	rodents	rodent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Australian possums	rodents					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, Australian possums are a different family, though both have pouches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 family	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 family	punct
3	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 possums	amod
4	possums	possum	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 family	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 family	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 family	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 have	mark
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 family	advcl
13	pouches	pouch	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Australian possums	a different family					tree rules
2	have	present	both	pouches					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pouch=Patient

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