Test 5 · ★★ · Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots

In a cartoon a parrot repeats every rude thing anyone says. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: parrot, anyone · What happens: repeat, say, be · To what, where: rude thing, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 233 «Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots» 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 cartoon a parrot repeats every rude thing anyone says.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repeats	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parrot	det
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repeats	nsubj
6	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 thing	det
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repeats	obj
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 repeats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present	a parrot	every rude thing		a cartoon			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	anyone	every rude thing not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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

Real parrots only say rude things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 parrots	amod
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Real parrots	rude things					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Parrots do copy sounds of their flock, and to a pet its people are the flock

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 copy	aux
3	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 flock	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 flock	nmod:poss
7	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 flock	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 flock	cc
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 pet	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flock	obl
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 people	nmod:poss
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 flock	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 flock	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flock	det
17	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present · do-support	Parrots	sounds of Parrots's flock					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
2	is a	present	pet's people	the flock				to a pet	tree rules

Option 3

Parrots understand every word they say and choose the rude ones on purpose to annoy

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 understand	nsubj
2	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 understand	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 word	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 choose	cc
8	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 understand	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ones	det
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ones	amod
11	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 choose	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 purpose	case
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 choose	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 annoy	mark
15	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 choose	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	understand	present	Parrots	every word		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	Parrots = parrot	every word not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	choose	present	Parrots not said here	the rude ones	purpose	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
4	annoy	to-infinitive	Parrots not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Parrots never copy any sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 copy	advmod
3	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	present	Parrots	any sound					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

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