Test 11 · Bears

Why did a 1902 cartoon lead to the teddy bear?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: cartoon lead

This is test 11 of lesson 23 «Bears» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lead	det
4	1902	1902	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 cartoon	nummod
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	compound
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 bear	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bear	det
9	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	compound
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		a cartoon lead				to the teddy bear	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Eventuality

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

A bear called Teddy saved the President

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saved	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bear	acl
4	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
5	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 President	det
7	President	President	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		a bear not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	save	past	a bear	the President					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Roosevelt refused to shoot a tied-up bear, and a toy maker made a bear named after him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 shoot	mark
4	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bear	det
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 bear	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 tied	compound:prt
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoot	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 made	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 maker	det
13	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 maker	compound
14	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bear	det
17	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obj
18	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 made	xcomp
19	after	after	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	refuse	past	Roosevelt			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not shoot	to-infinitive	Roosevelt not said here	a tied bear		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme
3	tie up	participle				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	make	past	a toy maker	a bear		tree rules
5	name	participle	a bear not said here		after maker	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Roosevelt invented the toy himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	Roosevelt	the toy				Roosevelt obl	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Result

Option 4

Roosevelt kept a real bear called Teddy in the White House

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bear	amod
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bear	acl
7	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 House	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 House	det
10	White	White	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 House	amod
11	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Roosevelt	a real bear		the White House			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bear=Theme in house=Location
2	call	participle		a real bear not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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