Test 11 · ★ · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…
A cartoon cat hunts at night with glowing eyes that light up the room like torches. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon cat, glowing eyes · What happens: hunt, glow, light up, be · To what, where: room
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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: A cartoon cat hunts at night with glowing eyes that light up the room like torches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cat | compound |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hunts | nsubj |
| 4 | hunts | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hunts | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 eyes | case |
| 8 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 eyes | amod |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 night | nmod |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 light | nsubj |
| 11 | light | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 light | compound:prt |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 room | det |
| 14 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 light | obj |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 torches | case |
| 16 | torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 room | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hunts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | a cartoon cat | night | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | light up | present | glowing eyes | the room | like torches | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Product |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Real eyes do not make light; they reflect light that comes in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 eyes | amod |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 reflect | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reflect | nsubj |
| 9 | reflect | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | parataxis |
| 10 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reflect | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 comes | nsubj |
| 12 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 light | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | Real eyes | light | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product | ||||
| 2 | reflect | present | eyes = eye | light | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come in | present | light | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cat eyes glow in the dark because they are so hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eyes | compound |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glow | nsubj |
| 3 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 dark | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dark | det |
| 6 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glow | obl |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 hot | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hot | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hot | cop |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 hot | advmod |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glow | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | Cat eyes | the dark | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | eyes = eye | hot property | tree rules |
Option 3
Only black cats have torch eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 cats | advmod |
| 2 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cats | amod |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eyes | compound |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | black cats | torch eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
Option 4
Cats' eyes really do shine out like lamps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Cats | case |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shine | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 shine | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shine | aux |
| 6 | shine | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 shine | compound:prt |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lamps | case |
| 9 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine out | present · do-support | Cats's eyes | like lamps | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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