Test 10 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges
A young beaver is two years old. What will it most likely do soon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: young beaver, beaver · What happens: be, do
This is test 10 of lesson 242 «Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges» 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 young beaver is two years old.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 beaver | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 beaver | amod |
| 3 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 old | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 old | cop |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 years | nummod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 old | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a young beaver | year | old property | tree rules |
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 will it most likely do soon?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 do | advmod |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 do | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | beaver | likely, soon property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave home to find a mate and build its own pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 find | mark |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mate | det |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 build | cc |
| 8 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 pond | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 pond | amod |
| 11 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 build | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | a mate | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | ||||
| 3 | build | present | you not said here | mate's own pond | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pond=Product |
Option 2
Move into a fox's den
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 den | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 den | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 fox | case |
| 6 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | a fox's den | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into den=Trajectory |
Option 3
Become the leader of its parents' family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 leader | det |
| 3 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Become | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 parents | case |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leader | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | imperative | you not said here | the leader of leader's parents's family | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Stay in the lodge with its parents for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 lodge | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lodge | det |
| 4 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 parents | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stay | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the lodge | with lodge's parents | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lodge=Location |
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