Test 1 · Team players and partners: meerkats, naked mole rats, hudd…
In The Lion King a meerkat lives with a warthog and sings. What is a real meerkat's life like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: meerkat, life · What happens: live, sing, be
This is test 1 of lesson 241 «Team players and partners: meerkats, naked mole rats, huddles, cleaners (and do lemmings jump?)» 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 The Lion King a meerkat lives with a warthog and sings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 King | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 King | compound |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lives | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 meerkat | det |
| 6 | meerkat | meerkat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lives | nsubj |
| 7 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 warthog | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 warthog | det |
| 10 | warthog | warthog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lives | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sings | cc |
| 12 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lives | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a meerkat | in the Lion King; with a warthog | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in king=Location | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | present | a meerkat not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «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.
Sentence 2: What is a real meerkat's life like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 meerkat | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meerkat | amod |
| 5 | meerkat | meerkat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 meerkat | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 life | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a real meerkat's life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It never meets other meerkats and digs on its own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 meets | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 meets | advmod |
| 3 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meerkats | amod |
| 5 | meerkats | meerkat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 meets | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 digs | cc |
| 7 | digs | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 meets | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 digs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet | present | It | other meerkats | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meerkat=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | dig | present | its own | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on own=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It lives in a big group led by a female, with guards and teachers
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 group | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 group | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 group | amod |
| 6 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 7 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 group | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 female | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 female | det |
| 10 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 led | obl:agent |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guards | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 guards | case |
| 13 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lives | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 teachers | cc |
| 15 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 guards | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | It | a big group | with guards and teachers | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in group=Location | |||
| 2 | lead | participle | a big group not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
Option 3
It lives in a pair with a lion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pair | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pair | det |
| 5 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 lion | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lion | det |
| 8 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | It | a pair | with a lion | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pair=Location |
Option 4
It lives alone in the jungle with a warthog friend and a lion cub, singing songs
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 lives | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 jungle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 jungle | det |
| 6 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 friend | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 friend | det |
| 9 | warthog | warthog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friend | compound |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jungle | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 cub | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cub | det |
| 13 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cub | compound |
| 14 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friend | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 singing | punct |
| 16 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 lives | advcl |
| 17 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 singing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | It | the jungle with a warthog friend and a lion cub | alone property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location | |||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | songs | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
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