Test 1 · ★★ · Whales

in the cartoon the whale shoots a fountain of seawater out its head. true or nah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whale · What happens: shoot out · To what, where: fountain, cartoon

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Whales» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoots	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 whale	det
5	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoots	nsubj
6	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fountain	det
8	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoots	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 seawater	case
10	seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fountain	nmod
11	out	out	ADP	_	6 shoots	compound:prt
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoots	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shoots	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 nah	cc
17	nah	nah	INTJ	_	15 true	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 shoots	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot out	present	the whale	a fountain of seawater		the cartoon		whale's head obl	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent fountain=Theme in cartoon=Destination

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

True, but only after it eats a ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 eats	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 eats	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 eats	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 eats	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eats	nsubj
7	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 True	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	it	a ship					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient

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

Nah, the spout is its warm breath turning to mist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 breath	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spout	det
4	spout	spout	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 breath	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 breath	cop
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 breath	nmod:poss
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breath	amod
8	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 breath	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 mist	case
11	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the spout	spout's warm breath					tree rules
2	turn	gerund	spout's warm breath not said here			mist			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to mist=Trajectory

Option 3

Nah, whales have no blowhole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 blowhole	det
6	blowhole	blowhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	whales	no blowhole					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blowhole=Patient

Option 4

True, it squirts out all the sea water that it swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 squirts	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 squirts	nsubj
4	squirts	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 squirts	compound:prt
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 water	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 squirts	obj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 swallowed	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 swallowed	nsubj
12	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 squirts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirt out	present	it	all sea water					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	swallow	past	water						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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