Test 3 · Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dun…
«stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!» Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mate, that · What happens: stand, not see, not move, be · To what, where: you
This is test 3 of lesson 265 «Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dung to tiny arms» 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: «stand still mate, it can't see you if you don't move!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
| 2 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 2 stand | advmod |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | vocative |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stand | conj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 move | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 move | nsubj |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 move | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 move | advmod |
| 15 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 see | advcl |
| 16 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand in a quote | imperative | you not said here | still | mate vocative | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | not see in a quote | can | mate | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not move a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · do-support | you | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, because T. rex was totally blind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 blind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 blind | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 blind | mark |
| 4 | T. | T. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rex | compound |
| 5 | rex | rex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blind | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 blind | cop |
| 7 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 8 blind | advmod |
| 8 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | T. rex | blind, totally property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, T. rex had good eyes and a keen nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 rex | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | T. | T. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rex | compound |
| 4 | rex | rex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 nose | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 nose | det |
| 10 | keen | keen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nose | amod |
| 11 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eyes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | T. rex | good eyes and a keen nose | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, but only at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 night | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 night | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 night | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, it only saw moving things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 saw | advmod |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 saw | xcomp |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 moving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | move | gerund | things | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
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